Prime Minister Hon. Mark Brown has returned from Tongareva, where he led a visit to the island on 22 September with the United States Ambassador to the Cook Islands, His Excellency Jared Novelly, and the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Her Excellency Catherine Graham, to meet the community face to face and…
The Government of the Cook Islands has launched the Cook Islands LiDAR Project, giving the country its first precise, three-dimensional measurement of the shape of its land and near-shore environment. The data held and managed here in the Cook Islands provides a new evidence base for decisions on flooding, coastal hazards, infrastructure, land use and…
Three-day expo at Te Tapora Kai brings together students, scientists, traditional knowledge holders and climate researchers from across the Cook Islands, with close to 1,900 students expected to attend. The Prime Minister, Hon. Mark Brown, this morning officially opened the 2026 Climate Change Cook Islands (CCCI) Science Expo at Te Tapora Kai, Punanganui Market, launching…
The Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Hon. Mark Brown, departs today for Tongareva (Penrhyn) together with the United States Ambassador to the Cook Islands, His Excellency Jared Novelly, and the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Her Excellency Catherine Graham, to meet with the people of Tongareva, to discuss the Omoka Wharf…
The Cook Islands is a large ocean state. Our fifteen islands are scattered across almost two million square kilometres of ocean, and for the families of our Pa Enua, our outer islands, that ocean is both our greatest inheritance and our hardest daily reality. Nowhere is that truer than in the north. It is why…
The Prime Minister, Hon. Mark Brown, has concluded the Cook Islands’ participation in the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, capping a week of major announcements, bilateral meetings and regional engagement. The Cook Islands travelled to the Forum by way of Auckland, where the Prime Minister attended the inaugural Realm Leaders’ Meeting…
The Government of the Cook Islands marked Merchant Navy Day in Rarotonga on Thursday, honouring the civilian seafarers who have served in war and in peace, and welcoming nineteen New Zealand veterans of the 1973 Royal New Zealand Navy deployment to Mururoa Atoll. Remarks at the ceremony were delivered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs…