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New fund for Cook Islands business dreams

New fund for Cook Islands business dreams

MSME Day cake cutting celebration with New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Catherine Graham, second from right. SUPPLIED /25070812 The MSME Day Celebration, hosted by the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce and Business Link Pacific, at...

Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign

Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign

Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...

Only one faipule attended the townhall meeting on deepsea mining

Only one faipule attended the townhall meeting on deepsea mining

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last week’s Town Hall meeting on deep-sea mining, held at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium, Swains Island Faipule Alex Jennings stood out as the sole member of the Legislature in attendance. This fact was brought...

The Cook Islands’ Dilemma: To Mine or Not to Mine

The Cook Islands’ Dilemma: To Mine or Not to Mine

This article is part of our series on responsible mining solutions. The push for clean energy is fueled by a growing demand for minerals, but conventional mining has a track record of harmful social and environmental impacts. Deep-sea mining is...

Ruta Mave: The reality of immigration in the Cook Islands

Ruta Mave: The reality of immigration in the Cook Islands

Ruta Tangiiau Mave. Photo: CI NEWS Immigration is the international movement of people from one country to another and is a fundamental aspect of human history, though it was as divisive hundreds of years ago as it is today, writes Ruta Mave....

Cook Islands Pocket Guide Launches Major Update Following Latest Research Trip

Cook Islands Pocket Guide Launches Major Update Following Latest Research Trip

Cook Islands Pocket Guide, the leading online travel guide for the Cook Islands, has released a major update to its content following an in-depth research trip across Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu. The trip, carried out in March 2025, was made...

Rarotonga’s Kairua crowned Miss Cook Islands of Queensland 2025

Rarotonga’s Kairua crowned Miss Cook Islands of Queensland 2025

Miss Cook Islands of Queenland, Australia 2025 Praise Kairua with president of Miss Cook Islands of Australia Association, Dylan Hughes. VERA DEAN/25063028 The Miss Cook Islands of Australia Association has officially announced its Miss Cook...

Matariki mā Puanga: Will deep sea mining cost us the moana?

Matariki mā Puanga: Will deep sea mining cost us the moana?

Waitā, the Matariki star that connects us to the ocean and all marine life, reminds us of our deep relationship with Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. As Matariki rises, Te Ao Māori News examines a modern threat facing our moana: deep-sea mining. The deep...

‘Get your hands dirty’: Heather advocates for practical agriculture over imports

‘Get your hands dirty’: Heather advocates for practical agriculture over imports

Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather, with fellow United Party MPs Robert Heather and Tim Varu in Parliament on June 21, 2025. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU/25062102 It is important that people balance their focus on technology with hands-on...

Cook Islands explores revival of flagging pearl industry

Cook Islands explores revival of flagging pearl industry

Cook Islands black pearls are cultivated on the northern group island of Manihiki. A Kora Pearls staff member is pictured assisting a visitor with pearl processing. COOK ISLANDS TOURISM/25070209 The Ministry of Marine Resources is exploring...

Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge

A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. By Derek Grossman Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its...

Communes, divorce and being a 'good villain': How 'Survivor' star Parvati Shallow stopped being in 'survival mode'

Communes, divorce and being a 'good villain': How 'Survivor' star Parvati Shallow stopped being in 'survival mode'

“I love a good villain,” Parvati Shallow tells me from her couch as we’re connected on Zoom. “Everyone has the capacity to lie. Everyone has the capacity to be mean or bad or cutthroat.” Despite the bright smile and warm personality that I see...

The Tree of Life: Honouring the Coconut Tree's Sacred Place in the Cook Islands Culture

You’ve seen it in nearly every photo of our little paradise — the iconic coconut tree. It’s the unmistakable symbol of tropical life, a mark that you’ve arrived somewhere truly special. But in the Cook Islands, the coconut is more than just a...

Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing

Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing

Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...

Cook Islands heads to Fiji with renewed hope for OFC Women’s Nations Cup

Cook Islands heads to Fiji with renewed hope for OFC Women’s Nations Cup

Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup. CIFA MEDIA/25062522 The Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup, set to kick off in...

'Unbelievable' moment on island paradise just five hours from Australia

'Unbelievable' moment on island paradise just five hours from Australia

From the moment we landed in Rarotonga, the island vibes were immediate. With live musicians playing us through customs, it was clear we were a long way from home. I was told by the locals that the saying goes, if it's cloudy in Rarotonga, it's...

Irish Coast Guard Takes “Human Approach” as Russian Vessel Skirts Sanctions

Irish Coast Guard Takes “Human Approach” as Russian Vessel Skirts Sanctions

The Irish Coast Guard and defense forces report they were aware of a replica Russian sailing vessel that was sailing through coastal waters and made an unannounced middle-of-the-night stop in a remote Irish seaport. They are investigating what...

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

UN Tourism, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), concluded a successful three-day Regional Workshop on Sustainable Gastronomy...

Deep sea mining decision already made, Cook Islands opposition leader says

Deep sea mining decision already made, Cook Islands opposition leader says

Cook Islands nodule field - photo taken within Cook Islands EEZ. Photo: Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority The Cook Islands' opposition leader believes the government has already decided it wants to pursue deep sea mining despite the science...

Stat of the week: In 2024, the Cook Islands recorded a negative trade balance of -161,697 USD

Stat of the week: In 2024, the Cook Islands recorded a negative trade balance of -161,697 USD

In 2024, the Cook Islands recorded a negative trade balance of -161,697 USD. This means the value of imports exceeded exports, highlighting ongoing economic pressures and reliance on external goods. As small island economies like the Cook Islands...

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