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Tourism Off to a Positive Start for 2025

Tourism Off to a Positive Start for 2025

Posted on Feb 27, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: February 27, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 792,177 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in...

Owner:  American Government
ADB, Cook Islands Sign $30 Million Loan for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Development
ADB, Cook Islands Enhance the Resilience of Rarotonga Airport Operations

ADB, Cook Islands Enhance the Resilience of Rarotonga Airport Operations

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (13 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $2 million grant agreement with the Government of the Cook Islands to boost support for an ongoing project, which is improving Cook Islands resilience to...

Owner:  Asian Development Bank
Pacific Learners Complete Japan Study Tour on Early Warning Systems to Combat Disaster Risks

Pacific Learners Complete Japan Study Tour on Early Warning Systems to Combat Disaster Risks

The Pacific learners began their studies on 11 November 2024 in Hiroshima, with a lecture at Hiroshima University on the effect of climate change in the form of tropical cyclones. They visited the Hiroshima City Torrential Rain Disaster Memorial...

Owner:  United Nations
ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific

ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 February 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Emma Veve as Director General of its Pacific Department (PARD), where she will be responsible for the department’s vision and strategy in the subregion....

Owner:  Asian Development Bank
Visitor Spending and Visitor Arrivals Declined in July 2025

Visitor Spending and Visitor Arrivals Declined in July 2025

Posted on Aug 28, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: August 28, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in July...

Owner:  American Government
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How China became a wedge between New Zealand and the Cook Islands

How China became a wedge between New Zealand and the Cook Islands

Even after the two countries’ leaders met face to face last week at a regional forum, there has been no sign of a breakthrough. “It was a serious change when they entered those arrangements with China, and we knew nothing of it,” New Zealand’s...

Owner:  New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)

Pacific quarantine-free travel expands

One-way quarantine-free travel to New Zealand will be extended to include Nauru, Tuvalu and American Samoa, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Health Aupito William Sio announced today. “I am pleased to announce that from 11.59 pm 27...

Owner:  The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
New Zealand tightens international adoptions, Samoa most affected

New Zealand tightens international adoptions, Samoa most affected

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The New Zealand government is pausing the recognition of some international adoptions, primarily affecting Samoa, due to concerns over child abuse in cases involving adoptions from overseas. Associate Justice Minister...

Owner:  Annesley Family
U.S moves to reinvigorate Pacific partnership with big pledges in Port Moresby

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...

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

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...

Owner:  Donald Mclean Millar, Andrew Marshall & other shareholders
Pacific countries review impact of biosecurity capacity building programmes

Pacific countries review impact of biosecurity capacity building programmes

Biosecurity officers from across the Pacific met in Fiji recently to review the impact of biosecurity training programmes delivered under the Safe Agricultural Trade Facilitation through Economic Integration in the Pacific (SAFE Pacific) project...

Owner:  Pacific Community

Cook Islands will be ready to host Forum Leaders meeting in November: PM Brown

By Pita Ligaiula in Seoul Cook Islands Prime Minister and Forum Chair Mark Brown says preparation are well underway for the upcoming Forum Leaders meeting in November. Brown told Pacific journalists in Seoul, the Forum Leaders Meeting is a...

Owner:  The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
New Zealand tightens international adoptions, Sāmoa most affected

New Zealand tightens international adoptions, Sāmoa most affected

The New Zealand Government is pausing the recognition of some international adoptions, primarily affecting Sāmoa, due to concerns over child abuse in cases involving adoptions from overseas. Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee says efforts are...

Owner:  Murdoch Family
Cook Islands model inspires Pacific youth as the Face of Fusion 2026

Cook Islands model inspires Pacific youth as the Face of Fusion 2026

In an inspiring celebration of Pacific culture and creativity, Cook Islands-born model Teokotai Tupou has been crowned the ‘Face of Fusion 2026’ for the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show, marking a major milestone in her promising career. Raised in the...

Owner:  New Zealand Government
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