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

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

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

In Parliament recently, the King’s Representative Sir Tom Masters spoke of the Cook Islands desire to develop a sustainable and…

The concept of Sustainable Tourism has been at the forefront of strategic and operational planning for decades.  However the emerging…

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) was established in 1994 under the  United Nations Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) convention.   Every…

Traveling the seas by day and night are the ancient sea creatures known as onu, or sea turtles. The deep…

 For some, the issue of seabed mining is not yet on their radar. For others, it’s a topic that’s too…

A simple search in the Cook Islands Biodiversity database shows the Cook Islands has 16 different types of Palms, with…

A one-day stakeholder consultation at the Crown Beach Resort in Rarotonga was held to discuss an upcoming project related to…

We at Te Ipukarea Society are always interested in learning what we might discover whilst out in the field investigating…