MANILA, PHILIPPINES (18 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Cook Islands have signed a $30 million loan agreement to support the Cook Islands in building resilience and spur sustainable growth. The...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (13 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $2 million grant agreement with the Government of the Cook Islands to boost support for an ongoing project, which is improving Cook Islands resilience to...
15 August 2024, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Island nations face daily challenges from various invasive animal and plant species, which significantly threaten biodiversity, climate resilience, and island ecosystems. These invasive species can also...
12 August 2024, Rarotonga Cook Islands – Over 70 invasive species professionals and practitioners from across the Pacific region have converged in Rarotonga as part of the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) sixth meeting hosted by the...
The Cook Islands is stepping up its fight against invasive species to protect its biodiversity and strengthen its ability to cope with climate change. Invasive species are the main cause of biodiversity loss in the Pacific, harming ecosystem...
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, February 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Banyan Software, a global software investor with a growing footprint in Australia and New Zealand, has acquired Medtech Global, a leading provider of health technology to the...
26 April 29024, Ottawa Canada - The Cook Islands, a large ocean island state is making her mighty voice heard at the Plastics Treaty negotiations now underway. The island nation, with Rwanda, has co-sponsored a proposal by Norway on how to address...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (28 June 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $41 million in contingent disaster financing to help the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Tuvalu, and Vanuatu respond to...
28 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda - The leadership of Small Islands Developing States was highlighted by the Cook Islands Prime Minister who is the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, at the fourth International Conference on Small Islands...
25 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Enhancing Cook Islands capacity and learning opportunities when it comes to science, environment and legal policy is at the core of a partnership between the National Environment Service and Monash University in...
Two Pacific health advocates are collaborating on a project to translate and adapt mental health screening measures for Cook Islands communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. The initiative aims to overcome language barriers exposed in a previous...
Prime Minister James Marape successfully concluded a long round of back-to-back meetings with heads of governments who arrived in the country to participate in the celebrations marking PNG’s 50th Independence anniversary. The hectic schedule of...
Cook Islands coach Karmichael Hunt. ©Kirk Corrie/NRL Photos/25090307 Cook Islands coach Karmichael Hunt is in the midst of assembling a squad to be reckoned with as he prepares for the most important rugby league game in the nation's history....
The Cook Islands Prime Minister is calling on the international finance community to recognise the debt small island states are taking on for climate adaptation and mitigation. Mark Brown said because the world’s largest emitters refuse to phase...
The United States has rolled out a sweeping package of economic, security, and health commitments to Pacific Island nations, signalling what it calls a “reinvigorated” partnership with the region. At a U.S-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) roundtable in...
Cook Islands Foreign Minister Tingika Elikana, left, with New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters in March 2024. Peters even asked Elikana “to share the text” of the China agreements eight months earlier in May 2024 when the pair met at a...
Ruta Tangiiau Mave. Photo: CI NEWS Prime Minister Mark Brown has China and USA all in the sea-bed together for potential mining and fishing rights. Does anyone see a conflict of interest here? Ruta Mave writes. In this case of conflicting...
Secretary of Health Bob Williams. TMO/24040122 The Cook Islands Annual Health Conference 2025, which is to be held in Rarotonga on October 1-2, will see guest speakers from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) and the World Health Organization...
Mental health charity, Hauora Aotearoa, is taking a different approach to challenging the mental health crisis in Aotearoa by putting rangatahi at the forefront of their own solutions through the Puāwai Project. The Project is a multi-step...
The colleague reportedly received unsatisfactory responses – with Lockington allegedly stating on one occasion that his behaviour was just who he was. Health NZ brought in an independent employment specialist, advising Lockington of the complaint...
