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 Cook Islands National Environment Service

Frances, E., 2016: Tracing Language Use and Policy in Cook Islands’ Schools: 1827-2003. South Pacific Studies Vol.36, No.2, 2016.

 Cook Islands National Environment Service

This report was prepared by Teariki & Julia RongoIsland Friends Consultants for the Cook Islands NBSAP Add-On Project, National Environment Service.

History in Prehistory The Oral Traditions of the Rarotongan Land Court Records MATTHEW CAMPBELL 2002

Pacific Island Migration and Loss of Traditional Knowledge (Te Pa Mataiapo) 2004

The body size of adult Cook Islanders on Rarotonga for the years 1952, 1966 and 1996 has been increasing. The rate of increase in stature of women aged 20–39 years was 0.5 cm per decade across the period 1952–1966, and 0.8 cm per decade for the period 1966–1996. The rate of increase of weight in the 20–29 years age group was 0.6 kg per decade in period 1, and 7.3 kg per decade in period 2. In the age group 30–39 years, the rates were 3.2 kg per decade and 5.1 kg per decade respectively.

Our Land Our Languages Language Learning in Indigenous Communities House of Representatives
Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 2012

Campbell - 2003 - Productivity, Production and Settlement in Precontact Rarotonga, Cook Islands

One way to understand how a landscape captures memories is to study places where documents
have also preserved them. The author does this to remarkable effect in the island of Rarotonga,
showing how the great roadAra Metua and its monuments and land boundaries were structured
and restructured through time to reflect what was to be remembered. Students of the pre- and
proto-histories of all continents willfnd much inspiration in the pages that follow.

Tracing Language Use and Policy in Cook Islands 1827-2003 published in 2016

 Cook Islands National Environment Service

Visitor Arrivals Reports

 Cook Islands National Environment Service

2020 National Vision “To enjoy the highest quality of life consistent with the aspirations of our people, and in harmony with our culture and environment”

 Cook Islands National Environment Service

The 2018 State of Environment (SOE) Report for Cook Islands updates the 1993 SOE report, and uses the Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response (DPSIR) model of reporting.

 SPREP Environmental Monitoring and Governance (EMG)

This publication ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment – Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and
Territories’ has been prepared to provide guidance on the application of SEA as a tool to support
environmental planning, policy and informed decision making. It provides background on the use and
benefits of SEA as well as providing tips and guiding steps on the process, including case studies, toolkits
and checklists for conducting an SEA in the Appendices.

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This paper examines the impact that a faster growth rate in visitor arrivals will have on three areas of
environmental concern on Rarotonga: solid waste, liquid waste and water. Sustainable solutions to prevent
effects on the environment are suggested and a timeline for achieving these estimated to show how
improvements to our infrastructure cannot happen overnight. The paper will then demonstrate why a growth
rate of 4% (the typical growth rate in tourist arrivals over the last 30 years) is more economically and