Category: News Articles

Local Lorikeets Celebrated World parrot day celebrated earlier this week on May 31st gives us a good excuse to bring more attention to a couple of our own brightly coloured…

Some concerning aspects around Deep sea mining. Proponents of mining our deep ocean seafloor justify the need for this hugely destructive process largely by claims that the minerals from the…

Citizen science to assist turtle conservation Rarotonga’s passages are key sites for spotting two species of sea turtles, the endangered green turtle and the critically endangered hawksbill turtle. Commonly seen…

27 years of protecting our Ipukarea It has been almost 12 months since the last Te Ipukarea Society Annual General Meeting (AGM). As usual, before our AGM, we look back…

Community Efforts to Remove Rats Polynesian rats were introduced to the Cook Islands via early Vaka voyages. With time other species typically more dominant and destructive such as the Ship…

Rent A Plate Back On Wheels With tourism numbers back on the rise, there are now innovative opportunities to “build back better”. Opportunities that not only create positive visitor experiences…

Today is the last day of Earth week for 2023, celebrated from April 14th to the 22nd.  It is a week set aside for communities to demonstrate their support for…

In Parliament recently, the King’s Representative Sir Tom Masters spoke of the Cook Islands desire to develop a sustainable and environmentally responsible seabed minerals sector.  This week, also in Parliament…

The concept of Sustainable Tourism has been at the forefront of strategic and operational planning for decades.  However the emerging paradigm shift is towards regenerative tourism. Sieni Tiraa, a member…

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) was established in 1994 under the  United Nations Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) convention.   Every year delegates from around the world travel to Jamaica to…