For remote communities when a digital tool’s supply chain causes environmental harm, human exploitation, and cultural erosion, what is our…

Working in the garden, it is easy to admire the productivity of nature – and, occasionally, to marvel at its…

The multi-stakeholder meeting focused on trying to identify practical and coordinated solutions to some of the main sources of plastic…

The World Seabird Conference brings together researchers, conservation organisations, governments and policymakers from around the world to share knowledge and…

It is that time of year again when migratory humpback whales return to the warm waters of the Cook Islands.

Students participating in Tere Apii‘anga have shown that reducing plastic pollution can begin with creativity, traditional knowledge and, as one…

The growing presence of United States-based investors and the United States Government in deep-seabed minerals requires greater transparency and public…

Tere Apii‘anga, meaning “a learning journey”, has brought ocean education to most schools across Rarotonga, encouraging students to explore the…

Traditional leaders, government agencies, non-government organisations and community representatives have been coming together over recent months to explore how Traditional…

Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) has taken Cook Islands concerns about deep-seabed mining to the international stage, speaking at the recent…

There have been some very concerning manoeuvres involving two of the three Cook Islands deep sea mining exploration licence holders…

For Rarotonga and the Pa Enua, waste pressure is real. Imported goods, tourism, limited land, and growing packaging volumes have…