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No shortage of tuna off Aitutaki

Friday 25 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Rarotonga may be suffering from a shortage of fish, but fish aggregating devices (FADs) seem to be doing the trick in Aitutaki.

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Palmerston to get cyclone shelter

Wednesday 23 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

A request for tenders has been issued by Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) for the construction of a cyclone shelter on the atoll of Palmerston.

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TIS team on Palmerston

Friday 18 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

A team from Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) visited Palmerston earlier this week.

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Building resilience on Aitutaki

Wednesday 16 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

The island of Aitutaki has been busy improving its resilience to the effects of climate change.

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Off on an adventure to lonely Suwarrow

Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Te Ipukarea technical director Kelvin Passfield was looking forward to four or five weeks without broadband or mobile phone coverage when staff from TIS left aboard the Lady Moana for remote Suwarrow island on Saturday afternoon.

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Harry lives the Suwarrow life

Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Travel some 900-odd kilometres north by northwest of Rarotonga, up towards the islands of Nassau and Pukapuka, and you’ll find Suwarrow, a national park of the Cook Islands since 1978.

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Solar power comes to Mitiaro

Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Prime minister Henry Puna officially opened the first of four solar power stations in the southern group islands under the Cook Islands Renewable Energy Project on the island of Mitiaro on Thursday.

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Atiu and Takutea for 3D mapping

Thursday 10 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Three-dimensional maps of Atiu and Takutea are being constructed as a part of the National Environment Services’ (NES) Participatory Three Dimensional Modelling (P3DM) workshop programme.

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Time's finally up for Nino Maravilla

Thursday 10 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

After more than 70 days on Aitutaki, Ecuadorian vessel the Nino Maravilla and her South American crew will now be leaving the Cook Islands.

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Solar power station opens on Mitiaro

Wednesday 9 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

The first of four solar power stations commissioned under the Cook Islands Southern Renewable Energy Project will be officially opened on the island of Mitiaro this week, bringing the Cook Islands one step closer to its long-term renewable energy targets.

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Ships trip the first for two years

Monday 7 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

The Tiare Taporo has returned from its first voyage in almost two years, successfully visiting Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Rakahanga, Manihiki and Palmerston on an 18-day trip of some 1800-odd nautical miles.

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Water reserves discovered on Aitutaki

Thursday 3 May 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Large natural reserves of fresh water have been found on the island of Aitutaki.

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Moana Nui waiting on Grinna

Friday 27 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Stricken cargo ship the Moana Nui has been stranded on the reef off Nassau for 15 months now, but the boat’s owners Taio Shipping say it will stay sitting there for at least a few more months yet.

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Spotlight on Maori medicine

Monday 23 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

The first Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of Genetic Resources consultation meeting was held on Tuesday night on the island of Pukapuka.

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Concrete blocks bound for island project

Friday 20 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

The General Transport barge Layar Mas was loaded up with more than 100 tonnes worth of concrete blocks on Wednesday, bound for the Mangaia solar project.

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Bank aids group off to Mangaia

Friday 20 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

The Are Pa Metua centre were the recipients of a $1000-plus donation from the ANZ bank last week.

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Island water resource tested

Wednesday 18 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Tests that will identify potential locations for future development of water resources on Aitutaki have been conducted by a team from Pacific Community (SPC) in Fiji.

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From Italy to Mangaia

Monday 16 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

In February this year, 18 members of the Heather family were in Mangaia to restore the gravesites of their Italian tupuna Iosepha Joseph Agostini and his wife Vaine Uaa.

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Paua harvest controversy

Friday 13 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Local freelance journalist Florence Syme-Buchanan has condemned the mass harvesting of paua from the Manihiki lagoon, stating that the practice is “stupid beyond belief”.

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Atiuan woman of the month

Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Outer Islands

Matakana John was crowned as Atiu’s first Woman of the Month last Thursday.

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