Environment
More political support needed
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Environment
The Cook Islands has the chance to become the world-leader in sustainable thinking, but it first needs more political support and funding to get there, says alternative energy advocate James Beer. Beer said the Cooks was better positioned than almost any country to become completely reliant on renewable energies for its electricity supplies, but individuals […]
Clean up brigade attacks rubbish
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Environment
More than 30 teams banded together to clean up Rarotongas little portion of the world yesterday. To mark Clean Up the World Day, teams spent the day picking rubbish out of streams and scouring the streets for forgotten refuse. They donned gloves and armed themselves with plastic bags, and pored over beaches and roads for […]
Seabird survey
Tuesday 6 September 2011 | Published in Environment
Joseph Brider of the National Environment Service and Ian Karika, for Te Ipukarea Society (TIS), are doing a seabird and invasive alien species (IAS) survey in the northern Cook Islands. The survey commenced last month. IAS are plants or animals that are introduced to a place and have an adverse effect on that place economically, […]
First raui signs up in Muri
Tuesday 6 September 2011 | Published in Environment
A number of new raui signs have been put up in the Muri area, the first tapere at Rarotonga to do so. Last week, members of the Koutu Nui and local acommodation owners took part in an official blessing ceremony as the raui sign was put in place on Muri beach alongside Pacific Resort Rarotonga. […]
Dont burn change a generational habit
Saturday 3 September 2011 | Published in Environment
The smell of smoke wafting through the quiet evening air is all too familiar. That will be the burning of household rubbish be it leaves that were raked that day, fresh lawn clippings or the rubbish pit out the back of the house that has now been filled to the brim. It is the most […]
USP aims to be first green campus in Pacific
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Environment
At last Fridays graduation, the acting vice chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP) Dr Esther Williams challenged USP Cook Islands campus to reduce its reliance on non- renewable energy to close to zero. The campus electrical engineer Ngateina Rani believes that this target can be achieved by 2012. USP Cook Islands campus […]
Vaka in the California limelight
Wednesday 24 August 2011 | Published in Environment
Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua is docked at Dana Point on the California coast and should be in Cabrillo a beach slightly north of her current location before the weekend. Since leaving San Francisco, the vaka has stopped in the California coastal towns of Monterey, Santa Barbara and Malibu. In Monterey, the vaka were greeted […]
Pacific auditors to look at fishing
Wednesday 24 August 2011 | Published in Environment
A Pacific Regional Audit Initiative has been implemented following a meeting of the regions heads of supreme audit institutions in Tonga earlier this month. The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) includes the Cook Islands audit office and audit director Paul Allsworth represented the country at the Nukualofa conference from August 2 to 5. […]
Two CI reps at climate change review
Tuesday 23 August 2011 | Published in Environment
Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) staff Vaipo Mataora and Teu Mataroa returned to Rarotonga last week from a climate change conference in Vanuatu. The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project involves 13 Pacific island nations. A meeting to review and discuss progress of the regional project, which coordinates adaptation activities in each member […]
Ozone regulations kicking in
Tuesday 23 August 2011 | Published in Environment
People or businesses importing, using, handling or selling gases associated with air cooling will soon be required to hold permits. Recently the Environment Act (Ozone Layer Protection) Regulations 2008 were established, and the National Environment Service (NES) will begin enforcing them in phases. By January 2012, those who import gases, goods and equipment containing ozone-depleting […]
Team of 152 heading to Noumea
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Environment
Today is exactly a week until the opening of the 14th Pacific Games in New Caledonia where 5000 athletes from 22 countries will compete in 28 sports. New Caledonia has spent the past four years preparing for the games and all is set for one of the biggest sporting events in the region. All athletes […]
Ministry wants more data on fish
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Environment
The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) is teaming up with the Cook Islands Fishing Association to encourage greater data collection by artisanal, subsistence and recreational fishers. MMR has developed a new catch logbook programme which is being rolled out in all islands to provide capacity for extra information on fishing and catch to be recorded […]
Pukapuka sets the solar example
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Environment
The Cook Islands government is looking to Pukapukas past as the islands and the nations future is beginning to come into focus. Pukapuka will be one of the first islands to make the solar conversion as part of Prime Minister Henry Punas clean, green vision for the Cook Islands. But the idea is not a […]
Renewable energy top topic for PMs
Friday 19 August 2011 | Published in Environment
Last weekend Prime Minister Henry Puna met with his New Zealand counterpart for the first time. Puna met John Key at the Beehive on a snowy Wellington Monday (Sunday local time). He later asked reporters not to blame him for bringing the snow with him, but said it was quite exciting to be in Wellington […]
MMR monitors lagoon
Tuesday 16 August 2011 | Published in Environment
The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) is continuing to carefully monitor the Manihiki lagoon as part of a New Zealand Aid Programme-funded plan to revive the Cook Islands pearl industry. Such was the basis of a presentation by MMR secretary Ben Ponia at the pearl industry forum yesterday.Ponia explained that pearl production dropped off dramatically […]
Local squad back from Te Aito Tahiti
Saturday 30 July 2011 | Published in Environment
Team Te Aito Cook Islands has returned from competing in the annual paddling race in Tahiti, which this year attracted 643 paddlers. Fletcher and Vaea Melvin, Tupuna Amos, Paul Pearson, Emilene Taulu and Andre Tutaka represented the Cook Islands at Te Aito along with three supporters two of whom travelled to Tahiti from Aitutaki. From […]
Pacific nations unite over disasters
Thursday 28 July 2011 | Published in Environment
Representatives from throughout the Pacific will meet in New Zealand next week to help develop a regional answer to natural disasters and climate change. Charles Carlson from the National Disaster Management Office will speak for the Cook Islands in Auckland among 22 nations and territories from the Pacific region between August 1 and 5. The […]
Team CI out to protect environment
Thursday 28 July 2011 | Published in Environment
Team Cook Islands to the Pacific Games is going green to foster good environment practices and proper waste management practices. The go green initiative is a partnership between the National Environment Service and the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee. At the Team Cook Islands Pacific Games zumba fundraiser this evening, a team of […]
Water and sanitation meeting opened
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Environment
A regional Pacific water and sanitation meeting continues in Rarotonga today with participants reporting about their countrys progress on pilot projects. It is the third annual meeting of the regional steering committee for the project Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries. That is a joint initiative of the Secretariat of […]
Pacific economic action plan released
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Environment
Finance minister Mark Brown, secretary Richard Neves and former acting financial secretary Priscilla Maruariki are back in the Cook Islands after attending the 2011 Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in Samoa. A Forum Economic Action Plan 2011 was released at the conclusion of the regional meeting, where Pacific ministers discussed common issues of economic management and […]
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