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To all of those who are concerned about climate change and have decided that forest carbon credits are bad, I have a question for you. Have you ever looked closely at the new type of forest carbon credit that recently started to come online? It is the baby in the forest-carbon-credit bathwater. And we risk […]

Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) has welcomed the recent news on Maori and Pacific Leaders proposing legal personhood of whales in international waters to the United Nations.

The old deserted and controversial Sheraton Hotel in Vaimaanga is getting a new lease of life after Rarotonga businessman Chris Vaile took on the challenge to redevelop the site into a high-end apartment property complete with other amenities.

Cook Islands joined Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Bangkok this week for talks on Global Plastics Treaty, mainly discussing the fine print of the treaty.

This is the largest and most extensive case of false declaration contraventions investigated by Singapore's MOM to date.

National Environment Service (NES) in partnership with Cook Islands General Transport (CIGT) launched the Titā ki te Titā kore, E-Waste & Whiteware collection project this week.

The directors inflated workers' salaries to meet the requirements for work permits and S Passes to be issued, but told the workers to return part of the declared wages in cash.

A 4.5m saltwater crocodile is heading for a new home after it was captured in the Fitzroy River,...

The Cook Islands Government is spending $400,000 to research ways of tackling coastal erosion.

A senior National Environment Service staff has spoken about his frustrations over payment systems and that he had addressed concerns with another manager multiple times.