PM unveils food security initiative on Mitiaro

During his official visit to Nukuroa last week, Prime Minister Mark Brown opened the Mitiaro Agriculture Hydroponics station, a facility with a 400-plant capacity.

CI NEWSDede Mingi5 May 2021Prime Minister Mark Brown, Mitiaro, Seabed Minerals Authority, Bishop Tutai Pere, Consultations

OPINION: Demos keeping it slow and steady on seabed mining

"Keeping our position fluid certainly does not translate to a full-blown agreement with how the government is proceeding with its seabed mining exploration and potential mining," writes Democratic Party Opposition Leader Tina Pupuke Browne.

CI NEWSDede Mingi13 April 2021Opinion, Seabed Mining, Cook Islands, Rarotonga

Letter: Key questions on seabed mining

Dear Editor, The Seabed Minerals Commissioner’s letter on Monday (March 22) didn’t answer the question of what potential risks to the environment from mining were presented to communities in the pa enua.

CI NEWSDede Mingi30 March 2021Seabed Minerals Authority, SBMA, Seabed Minerals Commissioner, Alex Herman, Letter to the Editor, Opinion, Deep sea research, Seabed Exploration, Cook islands, Rarotonga

Demos reject calls for decade-long ban on seabed mining in policy flip

Following a recent public consultation in the northern group and an internal policy review, the Opposition Democratic Party has come out against a ten-year moratorium on seabed mining.

CI NEWSDede Mingi17 March 2021Seabed Minerals Authority, Public Consultation, Nothern Islands, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Leader of the Opposition, Tina Pupuke Browne, Seabed Minerals Commissioner, Alex Herman, moratorium, Seabed Exploration

PM’s northern tour concludes with consultation on Rakahanga

Prime Minister Mark Brown’s delegation was on Rakahanga yesterday for the final round of consultation in the northern group islands.

CI NEWSDede Mingi11 March 2021Prime Minister Mark Brown, Northern Group Islands, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Alex Herman, Seabed Minerals Authority, Seabed Commissioner, Seabed Minerals Consultation, QFT, Cook Islands Marine Park - Marae Moana, Maria Tuoro, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Tapaitau, Rakahanga MP, Leader of the Opposition, Tina Pupuke Browne, Marae Moana Director

PM Brown on another northern group tour

Prime Minister Mark Brown is touring northern group islands of Manihiki and Rakahanga, running a series of consultations there.

This follows from a successful trip to Palmerston, Suwarrow, Pukapuka and Nassau early last month.

Will nodule mining impact animals that live on the ocean floor?

A closer look at the potential impact of nodule mining on the megafauna associated with nodules in the Cook Islands EEZ from Penrhyn southward to Aitutaki and Palmerston. By Gerald McCormack, Director of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust.

Special moment for PM and his delegation

Prime Minister Mark Brown pays his first visit to Suwarrow, the largest national park of the Cook Islands, during his northern group tour.

CI NEWSDede Mingi4 February 2021SBMA, Seabed Minerals Authority, Seabed Minister Mark Brown, Seabed Minerals Authority Commissioner, Seabed Consultations, Seabed Minerals, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Alex Herman, Nassau, Pa Enua, Outer Islands

Palmerston welcomes PM Brown

Making his first official stop on a round trip of several northern group islands that he’ll be visiting this coming week, Prime Minister Mark Brown arrived in Palmerston on Thursday evening – the first time he has visited the island in his official capacity as PM.

CI NEWSDede Mingi30 January 2021SBMA, Seabed Minerals Authority, Seabed Minister Mark Brown, Prime Minister Mark Brown, Mark Brown, Alex Herman, Seabed Minerals Consultation, Seabed Minerals Authority Commissioner, Opening of Emergency Shelter, Palmerston

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