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...
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...
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...
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...
The Cook Islands government has announced that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved the country’s second national funding proposal, titled “Direct Financing for Communities and Businesses to Respond to Climate Change in the Cook...
Pasifika medical providers are mobilising to vaccinate their community most at risk as the number of measles cases increases to 16 nationwide. While herd immunity needs to be at 95% to prevent an outbreak, data on fully vaccinated kids from a...
I was in Rarotonga last week. We are not winning. Tourism is booming. Our plane was so full that Air New Zealand offered another night’s accommodation for a passenger to offload. We know how this war started. The Cook Islands Government signed a...
The final quarter of 2025 looks broadly positive, says BSP Group General Manager for Corporate Bank, Daniel Faunt, as he highlighted key insights from the September Quarter Economic Market Update. BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) reported that...
The RNZAF’s Sergeant Matatunoa Mata got an enthusiastic welcome when he landed at his home island of Ma’uke in the Cook Islands for Exercise Tropic Twilight Photo: Supplied - NZDF A Cook Islander in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) made an...
With a commitment to blending time-honored medicinal practices and modern scientific knowledge, Tvati Pet recently debuted its natural mobility and joint support massage oil, sustainably sourced from the Cook Islands and made in the U.S.A. Tvati...
The PNG Kumuls captain Rhyse Martin says the national team continues to grow stronger with every tournament as they prepare to face the Cook Islands Aitu in second week of the Pacific Championships this Saturday at the National Football Stadium....
As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips into conflict will also be shaped by choices...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has welcomed the United States’ increasing involvement in the Pacific. Brown, who is also the chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, made the comments in the U.S-Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Dialogue in Port...
A comprehensive global analysis reveals how non-native mosquito vectors are hitchhiking across continents via shipping, tourism, and trade, pinpointing the regions where prevention and early detection could have the greatest impact. Study: Global...
