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Air New Zealand Adds Christchurch – Rarotonga Service From Late-May 2026 — AeroRoutes

Published at 2300PST 03NOV25 / 0700GMT 04NOV25Air New Zealand on Monday (03NOV25) announced new route to The Cook Islands, scheduled from late-May 2026. The Star Alliance member plans to operate seasonal Christchurch – Rarotonga route with Airbus A320neo 3 times a week, effective 26MAY26.Reservations for this route will be available on Wednesday 05NOV25 (New Zealand local time).NZ962 CHC1540 – 2225-1RAR 32N 246NZ963 RAR2330 – 0240+2CHC 32N 135Air New Zealand · Cook Islands See the Story

Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, Cook Islands government scientist says

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There is still not enough known about the seafloor to decide if deep sea mining can start in the Cook Islands, government scientist says.Oceania · Cook Islands Read Article

Aviator returns home | RNZAF aircraft lands on Ma’uke Island

A Cook Islander in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) made an emotional return to his tiny island home this month. Sergeant Matatunoa Mata joined the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) on a mission to Ma’uke Island for Exercise Tropic Twilight – an operation funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The RNZAF logistics specialist touched down on Ma’uke – one of the easternmost islands in the Southern Cook Islands group – aboard a…Aircraft · Cook Islands Read Article

Misfit, missionary, mercenary? • Gordon Peake

“First thing to learn about the islands is not to ask a man his last name. Second is not to ask where he is from and the third why he is here in the first place.” It was a boozy seaplane pilot who introduced me to the idea that the islands of the Pacific are places of escape. His name was Jake Cutter, and he was the lead character in Tales of the Gold Monkey, a television show I adored as a child. Set somewhere in the Pacific Islands before the …Cook Islands · Cook Islands Read Article

#world:the New 'War' Between the Us and China Is Fought in the Cook Islands for the Rare Earths #Fvdigital

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The antagonistic duel between two of the world’s superpowers, the United States and China, takes place in numerous scenarios. One of them takes place on the high seas and has to do with the so-called rare earths, in a race between the two to extract high-value minerals from the ocean floor. Specifically, this ‘war’ takes place in the South Pacific Ocean, near the Cook Islands, where the seabed contains a type of rocks called polymetallic nodules…Cook Islands · Cook Islands See the Story

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Air New Zealand Adds Christchurch – Rarotonga Service From Late-May 2026 — AeroRoutes

Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, Cook Islands government scientist says

Aviator returns home | RNZAF aircraft lands on Ma’uke Island

Misfit, missionary, mercenary? • Gordon Peake

#world:the New 'War' Between the Us and China Is Fought in the Cook Islands for the Rare Earths #Fvdigital

Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over seabed mining threat

Cook Islands Make History to Win Pacific Bowl

In the Depths of the Ocean, a New Contest Between the US and China Emerges

NCEA changes: Cook Islands education ministry submits official feedback

Cook Islands aviator returns home in milestone RNZAF flight to Ma'uke

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Air New Zealand Adds Christchurch – Rarotonga Service From Late-May 2026 — AeroRoutes

Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, Cook Islands government scientist says

Aviator returns home | RNZAF aircraft lands on Ma’uke Island

Misfit, missionary, mercenary? • Gordon Peake

#world:the New 'War' Between the Us and China Is Fought in the Cook Islands for the Rare Earths #Fvdigital

Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over seabed mining threat

Cook Islands Make History to Win Pacific Bowl

In the Depths of the Ocean, a New Contest Between the US and China Emerges

NCEA changes: Cook Islands education ministry submits official feedback

Cook Islands aviator returns home in milestone RNZAF flight to Ma'uke