Saturday 14 October 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
It has been a busy school holiday period working alongside the Cook Islands Voyaging Society, Kōrero o te ‘Ōrau and 40 plus senior ‘Ātui’anga ki te Tango and Mata Nātura students from Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Atiu, Mauke, Mangaia and Rarotonga.
Saturday 7 October 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Sieni Tiraa, local consultant for Griffith University, was busy conducting community tourism surveys earlier in the year. This research was spearheaded by Griffith University and aimed to obtain the people’s views on tourism, and their aspirations for future tourism in the Cook Islands.
Saturday 30 September 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
There will be many impacts of deep sea mining. Some will be very difficult to predict.
Sunday 24 September 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
A rat eradication exercise has just been completed in Palmerston Atoll. This was for two main reasons.
Saturday 16 September 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Who would have thought the Cook Islands has scorpions.Two that have been recorded on the user friendly online ‘Cook Islands Biodiversity Database’ are the Bark scorpion, Tēkōpio Liocheles australasiae, and the Lesser Brown Scorpion, Sōkopio, Isometrus maculatus .
Saturday 9 September 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
In the pursuit of valuable minerals and resources, humanity is increasingly turning its attention to the depths of the ocean floor through deep sea mining.
Saturday 26 August 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Palmerston Atoll is made up of six main Motu and a number of sand cays dotted around a lagoon teeming with marine life. There is no airstrip. A cargo boat visits every few months to ferry passengers, food supply, gas and fuel.
Saturday 19 August 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
This article has been drawn largely from two reports. One was published in the journal Nature in June 2023, and the other, a Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC) report from 2018. These references are available on request.
Saturday 5 August 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has the dual mandate of regulating mining of the seabed and also protecting that same seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction (also known as international waters, high seas, or simply the area).
Saturday 29 July 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Te Ipukarea Society recently guided some visiting scientists from New Zealand up to Tereora Hill to observe any unexpected impacts of an introduced bio-control agent. This article is written by one of those scientists, Alana den-Breeyen.
Saturday 22 July 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
This week’s environmental column was written by Te Ipukarea Society executive member June Hosking. Te Ipukarea Society is a non-government environmental group established in 1996.
Saturday 15 July 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Currently, governments from around the world are meeting at the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority from 10-28 July in Kingston, Jamaica.
Saturday 8 July 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Te Ipukarea Society has been trialing the rent a plate portable dishwashing trailer at the Muri Night Market for several nights over the past two months. The more nights the rent-a-plate is operating, the less rubbish from disposeable plates and cutlery ends up in our landfill.
Saturday 1 July 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
This week’s environmental article is written by Te Ipukarea Society executive member June Hosking.
Friday 23 June 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Effective waste management in the Pa Enua is near nonexistent with limited infrastructure and no funding made available to send recyclable waste off each of the islands.
Saturday 10 June 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
This article is adapted and based almost entirely on a story by Elene Peradze, on the IMPAKTER Platform and Magazine website.
Saturday 3 June 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
World Parrot Day celebrated on May 31 gives us a good excuse to bring more attention to a couple of our own brightly coloured lorikeets that come under the parrot family.
Saturday 27 May 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Proponents of mining our deep ocean seafloor justify the need for this hugely destructive process, largely by claims that the minerals from the deep are needed for batteries for electric vehicles.
Saturday 20 May 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
Rarotonga’s passages are key sites for spotting two species of sea turtles, the endangered green turtle and the critically endangered hawksbill turtle.
Saturday 13 May 2023 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Environment, National
It has been almost 12 months since the last Te Ipukarea Society Annual General Meeting (AGM). As usual, before our AGM, we look back over the activities of the Society for the preceding 12 months.