Te Ipukarea Society – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:11:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 TIS: Deep sea mining threatens our ocean and our way of life https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/tis-deep-sea-mining-threatens-our-ocean-and-our-way-of-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tis-deep-sea-mining-threatens-our-ocean-and-our-way-of-life https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/tis-deep-sea-mining-threatens-our-ocean-and-our-way-of-life/#respond Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275676 Today’s article is contributed by Te Ipukarea Society president, and Ocean Ancestors advocate, June Hosking, currently living in Mauke.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/tis-deep-sea-mining-threatens-our-ocean-and-our-way-of-life/feed/ 0 Coconut trees, too much of a good thing https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/coconut-trees-too-much-of-a-good-thing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coconut-trees-too-much-of-a-good-thing Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:15:11 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275541 Coconut trees are often called the ‘Tree of Life’ in the Cook Islands and other Pacific islands because every part of the tree is useful. But too many coconut trees can be a problem.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: Composting workshop teaches sustainable living https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-composting-workshop-teaches-sustainable-living/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-composting-workshop-teaches-sustainable-living Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:56:54 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275367 Te Ipukarea Society participated in a hands-on composting workshop hosted by New Zealand consultant Chris Purchas at the Papaaroa Mission House last Friday.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: ‘Worm farming’, a fun composting process https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/environment/te-ipukarea-society-worm-farming-a-fun-composting-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-worm-farming-a-fun-composting-process Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:14:31 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275155 Did you know, the presence of worms in your garden is a sign of having healthy soil? Worms help aerate the soil through their movements, allowing the roots of plants to receive more oxygen and nutrients.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: ‘Death by power point’: NZ visit ‘a road show, at worst a propaganda tour’ https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-death-by-power-point-nz-visit-a-road-show-at-worst-a-propaganda-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-death-by-power-point-nz-visit-a-road-show-at-worst-a-propaganda-tour Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:18:02 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274834 Today’s article is by June Hosking, president of Te Ipukarea Society. It is based on information she received from family and friends that attended the Cook Islands Government’s presentation to the Cook Islands community in Christchurch last week. The title for this article is taken from an apt comment her niece overheard at the presentation.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: Hawksbill health needs close monitoring https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-hawksbill-health-needing-close-monitoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-hawksbill-health-needing-close-monitoring Sat, 23 Nov 2024 02:37:12 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274547 Turtle tracking through the use of photos to identify individual turtle movements around Rarotonga has continued for a second consecutive year.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: Petrel monitoring reveals suspicious subjects https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-petrel-monitoring-reveals-suspicious-subjects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-petrel-monitoring-reveals-suspicious-subjects Sat, 16 Nov 2024 14:35:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274320 Petrels, and not the petrol that you put in your car, are in fact a medium sized seabird known for spending the majority of their lives out at sea. They are A class fishing birds who skim over the waves with sharp turns in search of their next fishy feast.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: Rat assassin https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-rat-assassin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-rat-assassin Sat, 09 Nov 2024 18:24:16 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274064 This Conservation Project was a collaborative effort alongside Cook Islands Voyaging Society, Island Conservation, BirdLife International, the Atiu Island Government, Takutea Trust, Takili Talagi-Tairi and Te Ipukarea Society. Funding support came from SPREPs predator Free Pacific Programme and NZ MFAT whose generous support helped bring the long planned Takutea project to fruition.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: Tracking the Ī’oi: https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-tracking-the-ioi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-tracking-the-ioi Sat, 02 Nov 2024 21:16:30 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273826 Since the last update, the Ī’oi Project, led by Te Ipukarea Society, has begun the next phase with the start of radio tracking.

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]]> Te Ipukarea Society: Plastics problem impacting our health https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-plastics-problem-impacting-our-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-plastics-problem-impacting-our-health Sat, 26 Oct 2024 18:44:56 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273633 Te Ipukarea Society was recently represented by June Hosking at the 3 day Fiji National Symposium on Plastic Pollution Prevention, hosted by Fiji's Pacific Islands Climate Action Network. The symposium was supported by UN Trade & Development and UNDP. Following are her reflections.

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