Christopher Luxon won’t attend Pacific Islands Forum in order to form government
New Zealand Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon will not attend next week’s Pacific Islands Forum because he will be busy forming the next Government. Luxon made the call during a media stand-up in Auckland today,
Cook Islands’ Albert Henry pardoned
The first Cook Islands Premier the late Albert Henry, who was stripped of his knighthood and found guilty of election fraud, has been given a formal pardon by the King’s Representative Sir Tom Marsters in Rarotonga
NIWA warns of stronger cyclones in the Pacific
Stronger tropical cyclones and more of them are forecast for the upcoming South Pacific season which runs from November to April. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand expects
COP28: Boiling Point
It’s taken 70 years but some of the life is slowly coming back around Bikini atoll, ravaged by the United States’ nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands immediately after World War Two. For a team from the
The science we need for the ocean we want
Ocean scientists, technical experts, policymakers, donor agencies, traditional knowledge holders, and young people gathered at the Pacific Islands Conference on Ocean Science and Ocean Management in Fiji last
Careers in ocean science beckons to young Pacific women
Pacific young women are taking a greater interest in protecting our oceans for the future. At last week’s inaugural conference on ocean science and ocean management in Nadi, Fiji, Tanga Morris Jnr, 26, said that
Battling the stigma of mental health across the Pacific
Mental health remains a stigma in the Pacific, but there might be some good news out of the Cook Islands. About 600 doctors, nurses and health professionals have made the trip across the region to attend the Pasifika
Don’t capitulate to foreign interests, Puna tells Foreign Ministers
The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum has sounded a strongly worded call for greater regionalism in the Pacific by urging Foreign Ministers of the 18-member Forum meeting in Fiji today, not to capitulate to
Cook Islands elected to Executive Council of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
The Cook Islands has been elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission (IOC) for 2023 – 2025, securing 76
Cook Islands super heavyweight sensation claims gold
In a remarkable display of talent, fortified grit and international success, Cook Islander Teremoana Jnr Teremoana clinched the Gold medal in the Australian Boxing Championships, and proudly wears the title of Super
Cook Islands PM asks partners to get serious about debt and climate financing as economic ministers meet
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says if the region’s donor partners are serious about helping Pacific economies grow and recover, they “have to be serious about looking at changing the rules around financing,
