Environment
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.
Seniors expand climate change knowledge
Tuesday 19 August 2014 | Published in Environment
They may be grey-haired grandparents, but in the Cook Islands, seniors are proving key to unlocking traditional knowledge that is being used to inform climate change research while they learn up-to-date internet skills.
Tuna overfished, action needed, says FFA
Monday 18 August 2014 | Published in Environment
A regional fisheries agency representing 17 Pacific nations has added itself to a growing chorus that is highlighting the distressed levels of bigeye tuna stocks.
Boys Brigade battles invasive plant
Wednesday 13 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Arorangi Boys Brigade has launched a campaign to prevent and manage the rapidly-growing threat from the invasive plant Tiaea.
Junior recyclers to take message home
Wednesday 13 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Parents of students from Imanuela Akatemia should begin bracing themselves for a strong recycling message to enter their homes.
MMR urged to consider international image
Saturday 9 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Cook Islands’ bigeye tuna catch may be a fraction of the regional take but that shouldn’t exempt us from making cuts, says Te Ipukarea Society.
Boys Brigade targets pesky plants
Saturday 9 August 2014 | Published in Environment
Arorangi Boys Brigade Company (ABBC) is launching a campaign on Monday to rid Rarotonga of the invasive plant Dodder – or at least control it.
