Environment
Whale tagging results 'exciting'
Wednesday 17 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Results from an ongoing whale tagging programme in Rarotonga are trickling in, and the findings are dazzling scientists.
Marumaru Atua to deliver Cooks message to conference
Wednesday 17 September 2014 | Published in Environment
A memorandum of understanding signed between IUCN-Oceania (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and the Cook Islands Voyaging Society sets the course for vaka Marumaru Atua to sail to Sydney for the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014.
Recycle bins doing the school round
Tuesday 16 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Titikaveka College principal Mata Hetland can really drum home the recycling message to her students now that they have their very own recycling station thanks to CITC.
Massive effort for Clean Up the World day
Sunday 14 September 2014 | Published in Environment
A MASSIVE effort by the private and public sector was seen yesterday to pick up rubbish on Rarotonga for Clean Up the World Day.The National Environment Service partnered up with CITC for the days clean up and were joined by various government departments as well as members of the private sector.The oe vaka family joined the environmental clean-up efforts picking up rubbish around the Avarua harbour area heading east.Port Authority staff attacked rubbish around their work area at the harbours while staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed to Muri to pick up rubbish in the area.No doubt with the huge effort the island will be looking ship shape and to keep it that way – everyone is asked to practise good rubbish disposal habits.Recycle your rubbish at home, put your sorted rubbish in bins and not in plastic bags on the side of the road where dogs can tear them apart, take your rubbish home after your family day a the beach and whatever you do – do not throw your rubbish out of your cars and trucks!
Renewable energy equipment rolling out
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Construction associated with a $20.5 million renewable energy project for six islands in the Northern Group is about to begin after the arrival of equipment and materials from New Zealand yesterday.
Illegal fishing penalty won't be disclosed
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Official Information Act request denied by MMR Secretary
Avatea gives away recycling centre
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Avatea Primary School was one of two schools that was drawn out during this year’s Lagoon Day to receive a new recycling station as part of an environmental project by CITC.
Roundup collects 151.75kg of rubbish
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Rubbish Roundup once again kicked off their month of clean ups with a successful first clean up event last Saturday.
Fisheries film to air Sunday
Saturday 6 September 2014 | Published in Environment
A new film airing on CITV on Sunday at 8pm will give viewers an inside look at the $5 billion tuna industry and its impacts on Pacific Island livelihoods.
Plant a tree, clean up the Cook Islands
Friday 5 September 2014 | Published in Environment
The annual Clean up the Cook Islands event coordinated by the National Environment Service will be commemorated next Friday, September 12.
Yachtie in Cooks to promote wind power
Thursday 4 September 2014 | Published in Environment
After seeing and feeling the wind push his sailing yacht thousands of miles across the Pacific, Tracy Hollister has arrived in the Cook Islands to tout the potential benefits of adding wind power to the nation’s electricity generating mix.
Alliance formed to improve Pacific ocean policy coordination
Wednesday 3 September 2014 | Published in Environment
An initiative which seeks to bring together a broad range of stakeholders with diverse interests in the Pacific Ocean will be launched today at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa.
Volunteer call out for rubbish round up
Tuesday 2 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Round up your family, friends, sports team and social groups and lend your helping hands to the ‘Rubbish Round Up’ initiative by the Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI).
Tuna Talks
Monday 1 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Anika Hunter had something fun to smile about when she hooked up this travelling tuna artwork while in Apia.
It's in our DNA to conserve the ocean: Puna
Monday 1 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Prime Minister Henry Puna has urged Pacific island states to look to their culture to find the motivation to preserve and conserve their ocean resources.
Scientists risk lives tagging whales
Wednesday 27 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Three scientists and an expert shooter are out on the water performing the highly dangerous task of tagging 10 humpback whales off Rarotonga this week.
Marine Park hub opens
Tuesday 26 August 2014 | Published in Environment
The Cook Islands has taken a step forward in ocean conservation by opening a new information hub where locals can have their say in designing the Marae Moana marine park.
'Stop purse seining immediately'
Monday 25 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Describing it as a devastating form of fishing, the Democratic Party is calling for a minimum five-year ban on purse seining in Cook Islands waters.
Shark fin talks continue
Friday 22 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Local officials are continuing discussions with Chinese authorities over an incident involving the discovery of shark fins aboard a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel earlier this year.
Certified purse seiners needed - TIS
Wednesday 20 August 2014 | Published in Environment
If the Cook Islands is to allow purse seine fleets to fish our waters, it should accept only those certified as sustainably-managed fisheries, says Te Ipukarea Society.
