Category: News Articles

The greenwashing of deep sea mining Greenwashing: “To provide misleading information about how a company is environmentally sound” The opinion piece in last Saturday’s paper by Mike Tavioni raises a…

Studying the evolution of the red postman. Six invasive weeds that have serious negative impacts on agriculture and/or natural forest habitats in the Cook Islands have been identified as priority…

Te Ipukarea Society AGM On Wednesday evening this past week Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) held its 26th Annual General Meeting at the Karika Palace. A large number of constituents from…

2022 was not a good year for the rats in Suwarrow. On Thursday night 30th June at about 11pm, vaka Marumaru Atua slipped quietly into Avatiu harbor and tied up…

Suwarrow RAT Eradication Programme Te Ipukarea Society staff members, Alanna Smith and Kelvin Passfield sailed up to the northern group island of Suwarrow at the beginning of June for a…

The importance of NGO’s in the Cook Islands A non-government organisation also referred to as an NGO is an organisation that operates independently from the government, working to promote the…

Muri Beach Clean up! Beaches are where the sea meets the land and are an exceptional habitat for indicating what is going on in our oceans. Unfortunately, if you visit…

Taporoporo i to tatou Ao Rangi – Caring for our Environment Conservation is a discipline best learned at a young age. Much bigger than you might imagine, it has become…

Saving the seven seas Every year, World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8 with the participation of millions of people around the globe coming together to clean their cherished…

Race Against Time to Suwarrow It’s that time of the year again for the Suwarrow Park Rangers to head back to our national park for the next 6 months to…