WELLINGTON, 21 OCTOBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Vanuatu and the Cook Islands are calling for the United Nations to make it easier for vulnerable low-lying states to access climate financing. Pacific states graduating from low-income to developed status aren’t getting enough assistance with climate vulnerability, officials from both countries say For 15 years, Vanuatu has […]
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Cook Islands MPA leader fired after supporting seabed mining freeze
RAROTONGA, 17 OCTOBER 2019 (MONGABAY) — For somebody who’d just been fired from a prestigious government post, Jacqueline Evans sounded remarkably upbeat. “I knew it was going to come,” she laughed during a phone interview with Mongabay. “I was surprised about what I was being sacked over, though: it was essentially just giving my opinion.” […]
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$11k stolen from lonely woman
RAROTONGA, 10 OCTOBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — A lonely Cook Islands woman in her 60s has been scammed of $11,000 by an internet con artist pretending to offer her love. It’s one of four online scams investigated this year by the Cook Islands Financial Intelligence Unit, prompting new warnings to take care online – […]
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Cook Islands become Pacific’s first developed island nation
RAROTONGA, 07 OCTOBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS/Pacific News)—Cook Islands has graduated to “developed” nation status – but despite dire warnings, is expected to lose barely a cent of overseas aid. The country graduated to the category of “high income” on 10 July, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management said. Cook Islands is still eligible […]
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Cook Islands PM Puna issues health caution in Niue
ALOFI/RAROTONGA, 03 OCTOBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — Cook Islands Prime Minister has warned that climate change is exacerbating health risks in the Pacific. Henry Puna used his recent Niue visit in an attempt to strengthen bilateral ties with its nearest neighbour. Puna met Niue’s Premier, Sir Toke Talagi, and his Cabinet last week to […]
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Measles: ‘We should expect the worst’
RAROTONGA, 09 SEPTEMBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS)—Health officials charged with preventing a measles outbreak say they are “expecting the worst”. There have been no cases of the highly infectious disease reported yet, but Health Secretary Dr Josephine Aumea Herman says she can’t rule out undiagnosed cases. “It would be naive to believe the island is […]