Category: News Articles

Flying high with a truly sustainable fishery How many of you have tried the maroro tuntunu (grilled flyingfish) available at various outlets around Rarotonga?  This traditional Cook Island treat, often…

Crab teaching on the Kō’iti Raukura A six-week Kō’iti Raukura (Red Fiddler Crab) educational programme began last week. The collaboration between Muri Environmental Care, Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), Te Ipukarea…

Corporate members recognised for eco efforts It is that time of year again where we acknowledge the support of our 2023 Corporate Members. Corporate Members of TIS help support the…

Pacific Partners Talk Tourism Te Ipukarea Society recently participated in the Pacific Tourism Partners Immersion Programme organised by Griffith Institute for Tourism based in Brisbane, Australia. Griffith Institute has been…

International pressure building against the rush to mine the deep sea Last week, representatives from 133 member states of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals…

More on our stream health Last week in our Te Ipukarea Society article we touched on some of the water quality monitoring that can be done in our streams to…

Live streaming in Rarotonga Monitoring the quality of our stream water is a useful way to inform us whether some of our land use practices are impacting the health of…

Climate change heroes of the deep sea The deep seabed of our Marae Moana contains large deposits of polymetallic nodules that are of great commercial interest. This is because they…

A healthy ocean, more than just a passing FAD. In today’s column, we aim to shed light on the use of drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) in tuna purse seine…

Turtle Watch Party Sea turtles are migratory species commonly seen across the Pacific and within the Cook Islands. In the Cook Islands, we have two common species of sea turtles…