Category: News Articles

  • Chinese rose beetle, a nocturnal pest

    This week’s  article is an expansion on an earlier “Bug of the Week” post informed by  Mike Bowie’s who was working at the Ministry of Agriculture. The Chinese rose beetle…

  • Profit over planet: The unseen cost of deep-seabed mining

    Last week a group of eight deep seabed mining companies with exploration contracts in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) sent a letter to the President of the International Seabed Authority.…

  • Less rats, more wildlife

    One of the best ways to help native birds and wildlife is by trapping invasive rats in your backyard. As discussed in our article last week, island ecosystems like ours…

  • Restoring balance: How removing rats can protect Cook Islands nativevegetation and wildlife

    From birds to plants, invasive rats have wreaked havoc on island ecosystems worldwide, and the Cook Islands are no exception. Island ecosystems are especially vulnerable to rats and other introduced…

  • House moving, unga style

    Many islands are running short on hermit crab homes. Poor unga (hermit crabs) turn up at our door in all sorts of makeshift ‘homes’—plastic caps, cracked shells with their backsides…

  • Nodule mining, a voyage to ??

    Today’s article is contributed by Te Ipukarea President, and Ocean Ancestors advocate, June Hosking, currently living in Mauke. At home in Ma’uke the news from Rarotonga continues to frustrate as…

  • Coconut trees, too much of a good thing

    Coconut trees, too much of a good thing Coconut trees are often called the “Tree of Life” in the Cook Islands and other Pacific islands because every part of the…

  • Getting the dirt on composting

    Getting the dirt on composting On Friday 6th December, Te Ipukarea Society took part in a hands-on composting workshop hosted at the Papaaroa Mission House by Chris Purchas, a New…

  • Worm farming. A fun composting process

    Worm farming’, a fun composting process Did you know, the presence of worms in your garden is a sign of having healthy soil? Worms help aerate the soil through their…

  • Death by PowerPoint

    Death by Power point Todays article is by June Hosking, President of Te Ipukarea Society.  It is based on information she received from family and friends that attended the Cook…