Category: News Articles

Life on the rocks! The recent Women in Science at sea biological research expedition (WISE) wrapped up earlier this week. Organised by the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, a collective…

Muri Environment Expo: Celebrating Our Past, Shaping Our Future Muri Environment Care (MEC) is excited to be running the very first Muri Environment Expo, happening on the 2nd, 3rd, and…

Rat Free Takutea, on It’s way Stage one of the Takutea Rat Eradication Project has successfully concluded, with the feild team arriving back in Atiu and Rarotonga aboard the Marumaru…

Local Community Rallies Against Deep Seabed Mining The Sea Bed Minerals Authority {SBMA} Commissioner appears to be under the false impression that  foreign interests are interfering in our domestic issues…

Takutea rat eradication project starts Kia orana from the (normally) uninhabited island of Tautea, a small sand cay motu about 21km from Atiu.  It is 1.25 sq.km, or 125 hectares,…

Ī’oi project takes flight This week marked an exciting milestone for the Ī’oi project led by Te Ipukarea Society, as researchers successfully captured and tagged the first ī’oi in the…

 Local nesting petrels under threat Petrels are a family of seabirds known for covering large distances across open oceanic waters. While we don’t know what species of petrels currently nest…

Plastic free July During the past Month of July Te Ipukarea ran a series of posts on how we can minimise the use of single use plastics in our day…

Deep divisions at the International Seabed Authority Assembly This past week Te Ipukarea Society was represented by Alanna Smith and Kelvin Passfield at the International Seabed Authority {ISA) Assembly meeting…

Youth keeping an eye over nature This past week a group of our youth came together to participate in the Mata Natura Youth Program. The passionate group of 17 students…