Environment
Cooks clean-up
Saturday September 14, 2019Hundreds of locals, tourists and even visiting footballers joined together to Clean Up the Cook Islands yesterday.
Some companies and government agencies gave their staff time of work to help with the clean-up.
Environment Service senior officer Moana Tetauru said if past years were an indicator, the clean-up could have gathered up as much as five tonnes of garbage.
Big vessels ‘steal’ fish from Cooks
Saturday September 14, 2019The Cook Islands have been called on to help reform Pacific trans-shipment problems and illicit fishing in our ocean.
Operation to clean up coast
Friday September 13, 2019Beaches and waterways will be under attack today from an army of volunteer environmentalists.
Little Ponu will grow to 150kg
Tuesday September 10, 2019They say, if you love something, set it free. But it’s not so simple for a turtle reared in captivity indoors.
Coastal walls to prevent erosion
Wednesday September 04, 2019Road workers are shoring up the coastal road in Vaimaanga to prevent it eroding into the sea.
‘We want whales to continue to visit the Cook Islands’
Tuesday September 03, 2019Cook Islands’ renowned whale expert Nan Hauser is calling for greater awareness around whale protection in the hope of developing legal protections.
Pestilential kinds of herbs
Sunday September 01, 2019For 60-year-old Simo Simo, his watermelon farm is his livelihood. He says it takes him nearly every month to ensure the creeping plants on its boundaries don’t affect his plantation.
Secret donor shades turtles
Saturday August 31, 2019New turtle society Te Ara O Te Onu, is making headway with turtle research in Rarotonga with a goal to find out what the turtle population looks like in our waters.
