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Preview: 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting
RNZ
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September 5, 2025
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva. Photo: X / @ForumSEC Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders are en route to the Solomon Islands for their annual meeting, which kicks off Monday. So far, the lead-up has been marred by geopolitical tussles...
Debate unfolds over NZ-Cook Islands tensions and Pacific unemployment
Pacific Media Network
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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
Island Times
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August 8, 2025
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...
US starts seabed mineral talks with Cook Islands
Samoa News
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August 7, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed minerals exploration and development, the State Department said on Tuesday. The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up...
Mission Critical: US strikes Cook Islands mining deal
Azzet
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August 7, 2025
The United States and Cook Islands have announced a partnership to advance scientific research and ‘responsible development’ of the billions of dollars of seabed minerals wealth within the Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone, following China's...
U.S. Counters China with Deep-Sea Mining Cook Islands Pact
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 7, 2025
Key Takeaways U.S. pushes deep-sea mining Cook Islands partnership amid China’s Pacific expansion. Cook Islands–China pact in February sparked geopolitical tension with New Zealand. Trump’s order bypassed UNCLOS to expedite U.S. seabed mining...
Cultural Connections: Young Cook Islanders champion tivaevae craft and language
Pacific Media Network
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For Kyani Vira Utia, who hails from Manahiki, Rakahanga, and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, the art of tivaevae has brought her closer to her family, community, and cultural roots. Tivaevae are beautiful quilts handmade by the women of the Cook...
FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – School of Medicine | A history 1886 – 1971
The Fiji Times
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August 22, 2025
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...
US research vessel to aid Cook Islands’ seabed mineral exploration
Cook Island News
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August 7, 2025
From left, Joshua Kroon, US Department of Commerce’s deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods, materials, critical minerals and metals. David Gehrenbeck, Chargé d’Affaires US Mission to NZ, Cook Islands, and Niue, Prime Minister...
US says it has started seabed mining talks with the Cook Islands
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 7, 2025
As the Cook Islands mark 60 years of self-governance, the United States has begun talks with the island nation about researching seabed mineral exploration and development. According to a joint statement, the two governments have begun discussions...
Greenpeace USA Condemns U.S.–Cook Islands Deep-Sea Mining Talks as Backdoor Push for Extraction
Greenpeace International
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August 7, 2025
Greenpeace International activists peacefully confronted UK Royal Research Ship James Cook in the East Pacific waters as it returned from a seven-week long expedition to a section of the Pacific Ocean targeted for deep sea mining. An activist...
US woos Cook Islands on deep-sea mining
E&E News
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August 6, 2025
Trump administration officials say they’re in talks with the Cook Islands government to develop minerals in the South Pacific Ocean mere months after the island nation signed a similar agreement with China. The State Department on Monday said the...
US and Cook Islands Partner on Seabed Minerals Exploration
The Assay
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August 7, 2025
The United States and the Cook Islands have commenced discussions aimed at jointly exploring and developing seabed mineral resources within the Cook Islands’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), according to an official joint statement released on 5...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 29 – September 4, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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September 5, 2025
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Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister talks unemployment, Cook Islands, Road User Charges
Newstalk ZB
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August 6, 2025
The Prime Minister's blaming New Zealand's rising unemployment on the last Government's economic management. The rate's hit a five-year high of 5.2%, just shy of Treasury’s predicted 5.4%. Christopher Luxon told Kerre Woodham when inflation rises,...
Fairness of children’s book funded by deep sea mining company questioned
Samoa News
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September 3, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A children's book exploring the idea of deep sea nodules was paid for by a charity established and funded by a Cook Islands seabed mining company. "I know of a treasure. It's ancient and old. A treasure of marvels and...
Seabed minerals company inspires future local scientists
Cook Island News
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August 16, 2025
CIC Ocean Research staff onboard their research vessel. 25081301/25081539/25081540 The Open Day tour, held by CIC Ocean Research on Tuesday and Friday, introduced locals and visitors to the country’s developing ocean research capabilities and the...
Coral research uncovers exciting new-to-science species hidden in plain sight
Scimex Newsfeed
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August 11, 2025
From: Queensland Museum An international team of scientists working with Queensland Museum’s CoralBank have made groundbreaking findings that rewrite the family tree of one of the world’s most iconic coral groups and described five new-to-science...
Rarotonga resident wins high-tech appliance and entertainment pack
Cook Island News
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August 12, 2025
Keren Aviu is the lucky winner of the Vodafone Cook Islands Te Maeva Nui Text-to-Support Campaign, taking home an incredible Samsung prize pack valued at thousands of dollars. Aviu is pictured with her sons, Vodafone Cook Islands CEO Phillip...
Pukapuka-Nassau embraces Tuna Plan as a pathway to youth employment
Cook Island News
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September 1, 2025
The Ministry of Marine Resources officials with Pukapuka executives during the Tuna Management and Development Plan consultation on Saturday. Lisa Williams/MMR/ 25083103 In the northernmost reaches of the Cook Islands, the islands of...