Category: News Articles

  • 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…

  • Hawksbill health needing close monitoring 

    Hawksbill health needing close monitoring  Turtle tracking through the use of photos to identify individual turtle movements around Rarotonga has continued for a second consecutive year. The ‘Citizen Science’ tracking…

  • Petrel monitoring reveals suspicious subjects

    Petrel Monitoring Reveals suspicious subjects Petrels, and not the petrol that you put in your car, are in fact a medium sized seabird known for spending the majority of their…

  • The best place to go to see some boobies

    The best place to go to see some boobies. Way back in 2006 the Atiu Island Trust requested Te Ipukarea Society to assist them in eradicating all the rats from…