Environment
‘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.
Jacqui Evans: ‘We are in crisis’
Saturday August 31, 2019
Mother and child reunion: ‘The moment was so beautiful, I just started crying’
Tuesday August 27, 2019Swimming with whales for the first time was spiritual and emotional for Charlotte Piho – and especially photographing a mother and her calf.
Pacific Islands Forum- Call to secure health of shared ocean
Wednesday August 14, 2019Cook Islander Teina Mackenzie has called for Pacific Island Leaders to support a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining and is asking them to prioritize the health of Pacific communities and recognise values beyond economic gain.
Pacific Islands Forum- Cooks’ ‘seasoned guru’ leads climate talks
Tuesday August 13, 2019Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga praised ‘seasoned guru’ Henry Puna in yesterday’s Small Island Developing States meeting.
Te Ipukarea Society: Palming off environmental responsibility
Saturday June 22, 2019Plastic Free July is approaching, and with the Cook Islands cabinet recently banning many single-use plastics, we deal this week with a recent initiative to reduce plastic use in our close neighbour, Samoa.
Transparency needed in seabed mining process
Saturday June 01, 2019Local non-government organisations Te Ipukarea Society and Kōrero O Te ‘Ōrau recently sourced funding for an independent legal opinion on the draft Seabed Minerals Bill 2019. This is the fourth in a series of articles outlining key points raised in the 51-page opinion.
