Te Kukupa commanding offi cer Inspector Tepaki Baxter leads his team back on home soil. A special welcome and blessing ceremony was held for the returning vessel after it spent six months in Australia undergoing a life-extending refit.
The return of police patrol boat Te Kukupa strengthens the Cook Islands’ capacity to protect its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) against illegal fishing.
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