Calling New Zealand-based Secondary School Educators: Apply for a fully-funded 2020 exchange program in the United States. Apply by Monday, January 06, 2020 at 5pm New Zealand time
using this online form. What is the program about? The five-week Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours. Their purpose ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 25 November, 2019 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Education, News | Tags: Cook Islands, My SUSI Experience: The American Dream, Niue, Samoa, Secondary School, Secondary School Educators, SUSI, U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators
In August 2019, the U.S. Embassy and Te Ipukarea Society (a Cook Islands NGO) conducted a Sea and Earth Advocates (SEA) Camp for emerging ocean science leaders in the Cook Islands. Through a two-day series of workshops experts encouraged 40 emerging Cook Island leaders to pursue careers in ocean sciences, technology, engineering and math. Opening ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 24 October, 2019 | Categories: Art & Culture, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: Cook Islands, National Geographic Explorer, Sea and Earth Advocates, Te Ipukarea Society, Young Pacific Leaders
Apply by Monday January 14, 2019 at 5pm New Zealand time
using this form . What is the program about? The five-week Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign secondary educators and administrators the opportunity to deepen their understanding of ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 6 November, 2018 | Categories: Alumni, News, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: Cook Islands, My SUSI Experience: The American Dream, Niue, Samoa, Secondary School Educators, SUSI, U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators
By Will Seal, Public Affairs, U.S. Consulate Auckland. This September, Dr. Adam Warren from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) visited Samoa and the Cook Islands to meet with government agencies, the private sector, and academia to share best practices on island energy issues, renewable energy policy, and practicalities of implementing ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 4 October, 2018 | Categories: News, Science & Tech | Tags: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Adam Warren, Guam, Hawaii, New Zealand High Commission, NGO Te Ipukarea Society, NREL, Puerto Rico, U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guest blog post from Craig Grant, director of science engagement at Otago Museum. This week the Otago Museum Science Engagement Team and the Far From Frozen exhibition travelled to the Cook Islands. In partnership with the US Embassy in New Zealand, and with support from Air New Zealand, we are hanging out with more than 500 local ...
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By Mike Cousins | 28 September, 2018 | Categories: News, Public Affairs | Tags: Antarctica, Cook Islands, Far From Frozen, Otago Museum
By Gail Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Jacqui Evans, director of “Marae Moana”. At the young age of sixteen, Jacqui Evans became fascinated with the beauty of the local marine life of the Cook Islands. Being a local, she would attend school trips to snorkel in the lagoon where ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 6 July, 2018 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: Ambassador Scott Brown, Cook Islands, Gail Brown, Jacqui Evans, Marae Moana, New Zealand, Pacific Women Leaders, PWL, Rarotonga
By Gail Brown. For the next blog post in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Niki Rattle – Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. “It’s the sweetest coconut juice in the world,” says the Speaker of Cook Islands Parliament, Niki Rattle as I sit down to interview her on a hot November day in Rarotonga. The ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 9 February, 2018 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, First People's Connect, News, Pacific Women | Tags: American Red Cross, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Parliament, Gail Brown, Niki Rattle, Pacific Women Leaders, Prime Minister Henry Puna, Rarotonga
Auckland, New Zealand. 24-26 January 2018. Bringing together Pacific health leaders to strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika and dengue, in the Pacific region. TechCamp New Zealand is a two-day interactive technology-focused workshop aimed to support organizational capacity and strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika and dengue, ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 24 January, 2018 | Categories: Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, East Asia & Pacific, Environment, News | Tags: and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Australia, Australia’s Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, NASA GLOBE Observer Program, National Institute for Health Innovation, New Zealand, New Zealand’s Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Niue, Pacific Community (SPC), Pacific health, Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, TechCamp, TechCampNZ, the Zika Foundation, Tonga, U.S. Navy, University of Otago
Thursday December 07, 2017. Cook Island News. I want to express my sincere appreciation for the warm welcome I received on my introductory trip to the Cook Islands. I met with leaders of government, business and civil society. I learned much about the people, culture and heritage of the Cook Islands. I was impressed by your commitment to preserving your language and ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 10 December, 2017 | Categories: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: Aitutaki, Cook Island News, Cook Islands, Pacific region, Penrhyn, Rarotonga, U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown
The U.S. Embassy New Zealand is excited to share the following opportunity for students from Pacific island countries to apply for a merit-based scholarship to pursue Bachelor’s and Master’s level study at the University of Hawai’i. Applications opened in August 2017 and will close February 1, 2018. What is the U.S. South Pacific Scholarship? The East ...
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By Mike Cousins | 2 November, 2017 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Education, News | Tags: agriculture, Business, communication/journalism, Cook Islands, Education, environmental studies, Fiji, gender studies, Kiribati, Nauru, NGO management, Niue, Papua New Guinea, political science, public administration, public health, Samoa, Solomon Islands, STEM fields, Tonga, Tuvalu, U.S. South Pacific Scholarship, Vanuatu
By Gail Brown. Welcome to the second blog post in a
series of stories highlighting Pacific women for their contributions to humanity and the communities they serve. Like the colourful decoration perched above her ear, Papali’i Mele Maualaivao reminds me of an exotic Pacific flower – bright, and bursting with enthusiasm. She channels her energy into empowering women across the Pacific ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 13 October, 2017 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Cook Islands, Girls Leading Our World, GLOW, Mele Maualaivao, National University of Samoa, Niue, Pacific Women Leaders, Papali’i Mele Maualaivao, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoa, Tokelau, UN Women, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
