The Cook Islands can boast many people committed to protecting the environment, but one NGO has a different approach to most.
The state of the environment is vital for an economy that is almost solely reliant on tourism, though it is sometimes tourism that harms the environment.
Dr Teina Rongo's Korero o te Orau, or knowledge of the sea, land and sky, is aiming to protect the culture, environment and natural resources of the nation.
He told Don Wiseman that his group's focus is education.
A beach in the Cook Islands Photo: RNZI / Megan Whelan
