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Cook Islands enhancing ecosystem monitoring capabilities
Cook Island News
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September 19, 2024
Pacific Community (SPC) earth observation officer Nick Metherall. 24091811 Cook Islands will be able to enhance its ecosystem monitoring capabilities through the Pacific Community’s efforts to develop a land cover model for the country. The...
Cook Islands Civil Society Calls For Ocean Protection From Deep Sea Mining During Underwater Minerals Meeting
Scoop
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Friday, 20 September 2024, 10:46 am Press Release: Greenpeace Photo/Supplied Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 150 people paddled out into the port of Avarua, Rarotonga, on Wednesday, deploying a floating banner that calls for ocean protection while an...
Letter: Ditching the Kiwi for the Dragon?
Cook Island News
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July 9, 2025
Dear Editor, There’s been a lot of noise lately. Social media threads, barbershop debates, and coconut wireless conversations about whether the Cook Islands should continue accepting aid from New Zealand. Some call it “dependence.” Others call it...
Tradition in Tanzania: Reviving East Africa’s Ocean Heritage
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 16, 2025
While grassroots efforts thrive, a transformative movement is reshaping legal frameworks on a global scale. The concept of Ocean Rights advocates for recognising the legal rights of the ocean as a living entity, acknowledging its intrinsic value...
Four Cook Islands artefacts at Berlin Museum
Cook Island News
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November 16, 2024
The ceremonial adze was collected between 1772 and 1775 by German naturalist and theologian Johann Reinhold Forster. RASHNEEL KUMAR/24111252 The Ethnological Museum of Berlin houses four Cook Islands artefacts, including a ceremonial adze,...
Cook Islands reports first Covid-19 death
Pacific News Service
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Cook Islands has announced its first death from Covid-19 on Sunday, over two years since the pandemic began. The country had long been free from the virus, but it opened to quarantine-free travel with New Zealand in January, and an outbreak of...
Amazing Facts Promotes Aussie Health Crackpot Barbara O’Neill
Adventist Today - Oregon
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March 14, 2025
14 March 2025 | A recent announcement by Amazing Facts shows Doug Batchelor hosting Barbara O’Neill, whose offbeat health teachings have led to a ban on her providing any health-related services in Australia. Batchelor describes her as a “health...
Cook Islands civil society calls for ocean protection from deep sea mining during underwater minerals meeting – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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September 20, 2024
150 people paddled out into the port of Avarua, Rarotonga, on Wednesday, deploying a floating banner that calls for ocean protection while an international seabed minerals conference is taking place across town. Another 300 people joined the...
Cook Islands and China discuss forward co-operation
Cook Island News
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September 13, 2024
From left, Cook Islands delegation including Kairangi Samuela, High Commissioner to NZ; Tepaeru Herrmann, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Mark Brown with Peoples Republic of China delegation Dr. Wang Xiaolong, Ambassador to the Cook Islands...
Cook Islands warned to be wary of being ‘star-struck’ under global spotlight
Pacific News Service
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Geopolitical expert Geoffrey Miller has warned Cook Islands will need to be wary of the potential to be ‘star-struck’ by the attention being bestowed upon it by the world’s superpowers. Miller made the comment as Prime Minister Mark Brown met with...
CIRU inspires Aitutaki youth with rugby values and healthy living
Cook Island News
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March 6, 2025
Cook Islands Rugby Union women’s development programme coordinator Harriet Tuara during a classroom session with students from Araura College. CIRU/25030525 Cook Islands Rugby Union outreach team is delivering rugby values and healthy living...
Rugby union promotes healthy living
Cook Island News
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March 5, 2025
Cook Islands Building Supplies (CIBS) sponsor bright new apparel to Cook Islands Rugby Union. From left: Ben Koteka, Nicolea Mateariki, Pastor Teava Nanai, Arama Wichman, Wallace Aroita, and Mahana Sijp. MELINA ETCHES/25030401 Due to ongoing...
Cook Islands Rugby Union honours legends
Cook Island News
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August 31, 2024
Cook Islands Rugby Union (CIRU) is proud to induct several remarkable individuals and a historic team into its Hall of Fame, recognising their exceptional contributions to rugby and the nation over the past 30 to 50 years. Among the honourees are...
Cook Islands named the world’s fastest-shrinking nation by CIA
Cook Island News
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August 29, 2024
Vaine Wichman. SUPPLIED/24031909 Cook Islands has been named as the fastest-shrinking nation among 40 countries globally with a 2.24 per cent annual population decline, according to the data collected by the United States Central Intelligence...
Multisectoral approach to assess risks towards enhanced health security
Cook Island News
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March 6, 2025
Presentation of the identification of risks during the workshop. Photo: WHO/Chandra Gilmore/25030523 In response to the increasing frequency and severity of health emergencies and natural hazards like tropical cyclones becoming more frequent and...
China’s military expansion toward the Southwest Pacific and Oceania
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 15, 2025
Beijing is increasing military activities and economic influence in the Indo-Pacific and transforming the regional security landscape. April 25: A Chinese warship spotted in the West Philippine Sea. Beijing has been growing its military ambitions,...
Cook Islands border restrictions extended until November
Pacific News Service
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Border restrictions to the Cook Islands have been extended until November. A statement from Prime Minister Mark Brown’s office late Tuesday afternoon said Cook Islands will further extend its travel advisory restricting inward arrivals to the...
Green climate fund direct access accreditation a milestone: Bank of the Cook Islands
Islands Business
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November 1, 2024
UNSW Sydney has received a $25.9 million (US$16.98 million) donation from the Swire Group. The funds will allow Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney to screen thousands of women in seven Pacific countries for cervical cancer. UNSW Sydney has received...
Op-Ed by UN Resident Coordinator for the UN Multi Country Office for Cook Islands Niue Samoa and Tokelau on the commemoration of the UN Day 2024
Samoa Global News
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October 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE Rescuing the SDGs will secure Pacific’s future. As we commemorate the 79th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment for reflection, hope, and renewed action. Our world faces mounting...
Did Survivor 48 Castaway Kevin Leung Receive Medical Attention For His Shoulder Injury? Host Jeff Probst Spills The Tea
TheThings
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March 7, 2025
The supersized Survivor 48 premiere was certainly one for the history books, but it looks like fans of the reality television series did not get to see the full story unfold... During the Marooning Challenge, viewers saw Kevin Leung injure his...