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Pacific idyll belies geopolitical storms brewing in NZ’s backyard

OPINION: Can’t blame Cook Islands for wanting to make a buck, but seabed mining the latest political, environmental hot potato.

NBR senior journalist Maria Slade speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Maria Slade Wed, 14 Sep 2022

Twelve middle-aged women in a beach house for a week, what could go wrong?

Actually, nothing, we had a fab time in balmy Rarotonga partaking in all manner of activities from snorkelling with turtles to watching whales breaching beyond the reef from the comfort of a waterfront café.

The Cook Islands

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