UNICEF and WHO to headline Cook Islands Health Conference

Secretary of Health Bob Williams. TMO/24040122 The Cook Islands Annual Health Conference 2025, which is to be held in Rarotonga on October 1-2, will see guest speakers from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) and the World Health Organization...

Henry Srebrnik: Cook Islands find themselves in political storm

Breadcrumb Trail Links TJ Comment Columnist Archipelago of 15 islands between New Zealand and Hawaii has been self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1965 Published Aug 27, 2025 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 4 minute read One Foot...

Plant and soil health training in the Cook Islands strengthens climate-resilient farming

The Pacific Community’s (SPC) Land Resources Division partnered with the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture recently to build national capacity in plant and soil health through a week of hands-on training in Rarotonga. SPC specialists Dr Rohit...

Cook Islands considers extending deep sea mining exploration licences

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 teen interns on deep-sea research voyage

Get connected: USP Cook Islands course welcomes global learners

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,...

Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep sea mining grows

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...

Cook Islands 'open to anything' for seabed mining partnerships

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 confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep-sea…

Written by Losirene Lacanivalu 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 China, the question facing its people is no longer just...

US Begins Talks With Cook Islands On Seabed Mineral Research Amid Geopolitical Shifts

The United States has officially commenced discussions with the Cook Islands on supporting research into seabed mineral exploration and development within the Pacific nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the US State Department announced on...

State Dept. announces sea mining collaboration with Cook Islands

The State Department says the U.S. will collaborate with the Cook Islands on deep-sea mineral mining, at the same time the Trump Administration faces pushback on the issue in American Samoa. KHJ News Washington DC correspondent Matt Kaye reports…...

FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – School of Medicine | A history 1886 – 1971

Fiji became a British colony in 1874, driven largely by economic struggles. The situation deteriorated in 1875 when Ratu Cakobau and his party returned from Sydney carrying measles. The epidemic devastated the non-immune Fijian population, killing...

U.S. eyes deeper ties with Cook Islands

#. US-Cook Islands meet PACIFIC NEWS BRIEFS w_header Compiled by Samoa News staff The United States is looking to build stronger ties with the Cook Islands following a historic diplomatic visit this week by its Chargé d'Affaires, David Gehrenbeck,...

Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep-sea mining grows 

Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024. TE IPUKAREA SOCIETY/24091830/24091831/24091832 As the Cook Islands approaches the end of its five-year seabed minerals exploration phase and...

United States eyes deeper ties with Cook Islands, help businesses form ties

The United States is looking to build stronger ties with the Cook Islands following a historic diplomatic visit this week by its Chargé d’Affaires, David Gehrenbeck, who met with Prime Minister Mark Brown during the nation’s 60th anniversary of...

New Zealand government snubs Cook Islands’ 60th anniversary celebration

In a clear and deliberate diplomatic snub, the New Zealand government boycotted celebrations in the Cook Islands on August 4 marking 60 years of “self-government in free association with New Zealand.” Constitution Day, or Te Maeva Nui, is held...

Baltic Cable Trial Exposes Fragility of Subsea Lifelines as Industry Warns of Global Stakes

The trial now underway in Helsinki of the Eagle S oil tanker’s captain and two officers has highlighted Europe’s subsea vulnerabilities squarely. Prosecutors allege that on Christmas Day, the Cook Islands-flagged vessel dragged its 11-tonne anchor...

Cook Islands celebrates 60 years of partnership with New Zealand amid geopolitical tensions

Crowds gathered in Auckland as the Cook Islands community celebrated its language week and 60 years of free association with New Zealand. The 60th Anniversary and Opening of Cook Islands Language Week 2025 kicked off on Monday in Glen Innes at the...

Debate unfolds over NZ-Cook Islands tensions and Pacific unemployment

Two Cook Islands commentators agree that there is a need for improved communication between New Zealand and the Cook Islands amid tensions between the two nations and the growing disappointment among Cook Islanders with their government. Prime...

U.S begins talks with Cook Islands on seabed mining, gears up to compete with China

WASHINGTON/RAROTONGA (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) —-The U.S has begun discussions with the Cook Islands on the exploration of seabed minerals within its waters, in a bid to catch up with China, which has previously clinched a similar deal with the...