PNG Golden Jubilee Attracts Unprecedented Global and Regional Support, PM Marape Calls for Continued Partnership

Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Anniversary saw an unprecedented gathering of regional and international leaders, underscoring the country’s growing diplomatic and economic significance on the global stage. Prime Minister James Marape hosted...

Mana Tiaki: Our heritage, our stand, our future

Mirella and Katoa of Arataki Organic Tours, an example of successful eco-tourism and regenerative agriculture. (Photo used with permission)/25081511 The Cook Islands’ recent agreements with China and the United States to conduct deep-sea mining...

Record dengue fever outbreaks challenge Pacific health systems

Dengue fever continues to surge across the Pacific, reaching record levels and pushing health systems to their limits. Since January, more than 16,500 cases and at least 17 deaths have been reported in the region, according to the Pacific...

U.S moves to reinvigorate Pacific partnership with big pledges in Port Moresby

The United States has rolled out a sweeping package of economic, security, and health commitments to Pacific Island nations, signalling what it calls a “reinvigorated” partnership with the region. At a U.S-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) roundtable in...

Solar Eclipse 2025: Date, India visibility, timings and everything else we know

The sky is gearing up for the last solar eclipse of 2025, set to grace the sky on September 21. Unlike a total solar eclipse, this one will be partial, where the Moon only covers a section of the Sun, creating a glowing crescent-shaped solar disc....

Map Shows Where US Will Start Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific

The U.S. has partnered with the Cook Islands, a self-governing country in the South Pacific, to develop the latter's resource potential and build up America's critical mineral stockpile. "The governments of the United States of America and the...

Berkeley nonprofit has saved over 1.5 million acres of island forests and marine ecosystems

A school of fish over posidonia seagrass in Greece. Credit: Yiannis Issaris, HCMR Greece’s legendary coastline is under threat. Posidonia seagrass, a natural resource that protects coastlines from erosion and sequesters ten times more carbon per...

Tsunami advisories lifted across Pacific following 8.8 quake off Russia

Cook Islands - Boats in Rarotonga being moved to deeper water on the advice of local authorities in response to Tsunami Warnings after the 8.8 magnitude quake off of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. 30 July 2025 Photo: RNZ Pacific/Caleb Fotheringham...

Tsunami advisories lifted across Pacific following magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia's coast

Cook Islands - Boats in Rarotonga being moved to deeper water on the advice of local authorities in response to Tsunami Warnings after the 8.8 magnitude quake off of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. 30 July 2025 Photo: RNZ Pacific/Caleb Fotheringham...

U.S moves to reinvigorate Pacific partnership with big pledges in Port…

The United States has rolled out a sweeping package of economic, security, and health commitments to Pacific Island nations, signalling what it calls a “reinvigorated” partnership with the region. At a U.S-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) roundtable in...

Climate change may have led to the complete colonisation of Polynesia 1,000 years ago

Climate change may have led to the complete colonisation of Polynesia by indigenous Polynesians, a new study has found. The researchers from the University of Southampton and University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom found that a major shift...

This Weekend Sees The Year’s Second And Final Solar Eclipse

Topline A deep solar eclipse will occur at sunrise as seen from the Southern Hemisphere this weekend. In the wake of a partial solar eclipse in North America on March 29, skywatchers in New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific who get up...

See the Moon take a bite out of the Sun. Partial solar eclipse is coming to New Zealand, Australia, Antarctica this Monday

There's a partial solar eclipse visible over parts of New Zealand, the southeast coast of Australia, Pacific islands and Antarctica at the beginning of next week. On 22 September 2025 (local time), this region of the world will be able to see the...

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on Chabahar port, Galathea Bay and more (Week 128)

UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Environment and Geography...

Stephen Savage’s Rarotongan dictionary goes online

Launch of the online “Dictionary of the Māori Language of Rarotonga” at Te Ipukarea Research Institute, AUT Auckland for Cook Islands Language Week. Back row (left to right): Pareinano-Nia Boaza, Tania Smith-Henderson, Liam Kokaua, Peta...

Things You Should Need to Know about Solar Eclipse September 2025

The last solar eclipse of 2025 takes place on September 21, which is one day before the equinox. New Zealand, Antarctica, and the South Pacific will all be able to see the partial solar eclipse. The last solar eclipse of 2025 will not be visible...

Sustainably Sourced Tvati Pet Mobility & Joint Massage Oil Offers Revolutionary Relief

With a commitment to blending time-honored medicinal practices and modern scientific knowledge, Tvati Pet has introduced its natural mobility and joint support massage oil that is sustainably sourced from the Cook Islands and made in the U.S.A....

Solar Eclipse 2025: Will the US witness September 21 partial eclipse? Here’s where it will be visible

The celestial countdown has begun. In just one week, on September 21, 2025, millions of skywatchers across the Southern Hemisphere will witness a partial solar eclipse, an astronomical event where the moon appears to take a dramatic “bite” out of...

UNICEF blames global childhood obesity epidemic on trend toward ultra-processed foods

Key Points A new UNICEF report finds that more school-age children are now obese than underweight, with 188 million affected worldwide. Rates of childhood obesity have more than tripled since 2000, driven largely by ultra-processed foods replacing...

Ultra-Processed Foods Are Driving a Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic, UNICEF Finds

A new UNICEF report finds that more school-age children are now obese than underweight, with 188 million affected worldwide. Rates of childhood obesity have more than tripled since 2000, driven largely by ultra-processed foods replacing...