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  • Innovative fundraising opportunity for your group

    Innovative fundraising opportunity for your group

    Innovative fundraising opportunity for your group Te Ipukarea Society has been trialing the rent a plate portable dishwashing trailer at…

  • Time to ditch sustainability

    Time to ditch sustainability

    Time To Ditch Sustainability This weeks environmental article is written by Te Ipukarea Society Executive Member June Hosking. I have…

  • Waste wise Mangaia

    Waste wise Mangaia

    Waste Wise Mangaia Effective waste management in the pa enua is near non existent with limited infrastructure and no funding…

  • Seabed mining benefits vs losses

    Seabed mining benefits vs losses

    Seabed Mining Benefits vs Losses This environmental article was written by Te Ipukarea Society Executive Member June Hosking When in…

  • Little Mermaid making a conservation splash

    Little Mermaid making a conservation splash

    Little Mermaid Making a Conservation Splash This article is adapted and based almost entirely on a story by Elene Peradze,…

  • Local Lorikeets celebrated

    Local Lorikeets celebrated

    Local Lorikeets Celebrated World parrot day celebrated earlier this week on May 31st gives us a good excuse to bring…

  • Some concerning aspects around deep-seabed mining

    Some concerning aspects around deep-seabed mining

    Some concerning aspects around Deep sea mining. Proponents of mining our deep ocean seafloor justify the need for this hugely…

  • Citizen science to assist turtle conservation

    Citizen science to assist turtle conservation

    Citizen science to assist turtle conservation Rarotonga’s passages are key sites for spotting two species of sea turtles, the endangered…

  • 27 years of protecting our Ipukarea

    27 years of protecting our Ipukarea

    27 years of protecting our Ipukarea It has been almost 12 months since the last Te Ipukarea Society Annual General…

  • Community efforts to remove rats

    Community efforts to remove rats

    Community Efforts to Remove Rats Polynesian rats were introduced to the Cook Islands via early Vaka voyages. With time other…

  • Rent-A-Plate back on wheels

    Rent-A-Plate back on wheels

    Rent A Plate Back On Wheels With tourism numbers back on the rise, there are now innovative opportunities to “build…

  • Nurture nature for our future

    Nurture nature for our future

    Today is the last day of Earth week for 2023, celebrated from April 14th to the 22nd.  It is a…