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Sports 4 Life

We spoke to UniVol volunteer, Lauren Turner, about...

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Cook Island Volunteers

Volunteers depart to the Cook Islands

 

Kia oran...

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Keeping language alive

"Kia orana kōtou te ꞌititangata Kuki ꞌAirāni e noʻ...

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Real Economic Benefit

A Cook Islands farmer’s dream to process kuru brea...

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Sam Puati-Ellison

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Cook Islands Language Week / Te epetoma o te reo Māori Kuki Airani, [Dahyoung Kim (Dee)]

07.08.2020 - For Cook Islands Language Week / Te e...

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Creating special connections in Kūki 'Āirani - Cook Islands

04.09.2020 - Anita Corbett accompanied her husband...

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Bruce Corbett - Resilience in the face of climate change (Cook Islands)

31.08.2020 - As his 65th birthday loomed over the ...

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Plogging for plastic in the Cook Islands

22.04.2018 - Hilary Boyes has found a way to take ...

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Volunteering to improve water supply in the Pa Enua, Cook Islands

06.06.2018 - Access to a reliable water supply is ...

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