Response framework in works as El Niño threatens ‘severe drought’

Director of Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI), John Strickland, right, with Cook Islands Meteorological Services director Maara Vaiimene in Tonga in September 2026. TALAIA MIKA/26091016

With El Niño dry conditions expected through March 2027, Cook Islands authorities are finalising a drought response framework, procuring outer island desalination plants and calling on the public to conserve water.

With El Niño dry conditions expected through March 2027, Cook Islands authorities are finalising a drought response framework, procuring outer island desalination plants and calling on the public to conserve water.

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