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Large seabed mineral reserves are within 1,000 mile radius of Am Samoa
Samoa News
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August 29, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The total monetary value of seabed critical minerals in the South Pacific is estimated to be around US$20 trillion. This value includes vast reserves of cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, and rare earth elements found...
Cook Islands seeks partners to bridge ‘obvious shortfall’ in infrastructure budget
Cook Island News
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August 21, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister Albert Nicholas is urging for more investment to help the Cook Islands boost its infrastructure. (Fraser Barton/AAP PHOTOS)/25082060 Pacific leaders, including Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister, have made a passionate plea...
New Kiribati Humanitarian Warehouse strengthens national disaster response capability
Pacific Community (SPC)
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When Kiribati is next affected by a disaster, communities will have significantly improved access to immediate emergency relief supplies. A new national humanitarian warehouse opened today in Betio, stocked with prepositioned supplies, ensuring...
Cook Islands and Fiji reaffirm development agreement
Cook Island News
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August 20, 2025
Tree Planting Ceremony to commemorate the Cook Islands’ 60th Anniversary of Self-Governance. Minister for Foreign Affairs Tingika Elikana and Fiji's Tourism Minister and DPM Viliame Gavoka COOK ISLANDS HIGH COMMISSION IN FIJI/25081811/25081812...
Cook Islands advocates for ocean protection and climate action
Cook Island News
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August 20, 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) secretary Tepaeru Herrmann has reminded Pacific leaders how Pacific regionalism has helped the Cook Islands for over 60 years. MFAI/ 25081913 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI)...
Cook Islands disappointed over stalled global talks to combat plastic pollution
Cook Island News
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August 20, 2025
National Environment Service (NES) director Halatoa Fua in Geneva Switzerland. SPREP/25081914. Cook Islands has expressed deep disappointment that consensus to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution could not be reached. The Cook...
He Ēwe Molokaʻi: Carrying the Spirit of Molokai to the Cook Islands – Part 1
Molokai Dispatch - Hawaii
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August 21, 2025
Community Contributed By Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center This summer, students from the He Ēwe Molokaʻi Youth Cultural Ambassadors Program embarked on an unforgettable journey to the Cook Islands, visiting the islands of Rarotonga and Atiu....
The ultimate week-long itinerary for the Cook Islands
Lonely Planet
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When I first moved to New Zealand, one of the things that baffled me most about Kiwi culture was their devotion to holidaying in the Cook Islands. Don’t get me wrong – I get the appeal of waving palm trees and sun-soaked beaches, especially in the...
Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia make stop in Cook Islands
Big Island Now - Hawaii
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August 21, 2025
Editor’s note: This story was edited to correct the last time voyaging canoes Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia visited Rarotonga was in 2014. Traditional double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived Thursday at Avatiu Harbor in...
Get connected: USP Cook Islands course welcomes global learners
Cook Island News
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August 20, 2025
The new USP Cook Islands programme consists of six learning courses, one course for each semester of the year. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/25081901 The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Cook Islands campus recently launched a new study programme,...
Australia supports Cook Islands U21
Cook Island News
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August 20, 2025
The Australian High Commission team gifted some sporting gear and equipment to Cook Islands U21 netball team, during training in Rarotonga. From left: Mere-Jean Piri, Ledua Lomoyaco, Australian High Commissioner Susannah Hodson, Policy Officer...
Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep sea mining grows
Pacific Media Network
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Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep sea mining grows As the Cook Islands approaches the end of its five-year seabed minerals exploration phase and the latest partnership with the superpowers United States and...
World Cup games, state's 250th anniversary could mean big tourism numbers in 2026
Worcester Business Journal - Massachusetts
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Take this as either an advertisement or as a warning: next summer will be like no other. In a six-week span starting in June, Massachusetts will celebrate the 250th anniversary of July 4, 1776, host seven men's World Cup matches, and welcome...
Connecting Islands Through Art: Rarotonga Airport Unveils Murals Celebrating All 15 Islands
Infonews NZ
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A colourful new addition now greets arriving and departing guests at Rarotonga International Airport. The main arrivals and departure hall features vibrant murals that honour all 15 islands of the Cook Islands, each painted in the traditional...
Cook Islands pushes for key actions to support Smaller Island States
Cook Island News
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August 14, 2025
Cook Islands head of delegation and Foreign Secretary Tepaeru Herrmann joined fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum Smaller Island States (SIS) group at the SIS Officials Meeting held at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on Friday last...
Cook Islands 'open to anything' for seabed mining partnerships
RNZ
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August 15, 2025
In 2023, the first ever high resolution Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) footage was obtained for the nodule fields at the bottom of the Cook Islands seafloor. A ROV is a scientific/work platform that is lowered from a boat all the way to the...
Cook Islands ready for OFC U16 Men’s Championship challenge
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 14, 2025
The Cook Islands U16 football team has departed for the 2025 OFC U16 Men’s Championship in the Solomon Islands, where they will compete against Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Tahiti in Group A with half the squad making their international debut. The...
Cook Islands advocate for mainstreaming of SIS priorities within Pacific regional…
Pacific News Service
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The Cook Islands joined fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum Smaller Island States (SIS) group at the SIS Officials Meeting held at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on 8 August. The meeting, chaired by Federated States of Micronesia...
Cook Islands paddlers aim to make waves at IVF World Championships
Cook Island News
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August 12, 2025
Team Cook Islands departed Rarotonga last Friday, looking forward to putting their seven months of solid work to the test at the 4th International Va’a Federation World Distance Championships which is being held in Niteroi, Rio from August 13 to...
Letter: Time to clean house at Cook Islands Airport Authority
Cook Island News
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August 15, 2025
Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen, I feel compelled to speak out about the growing unease surrounding the management and governance of one of our most critical national assets – the Cook Islands Airport Authority. From the appointment of the...