The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate ...

China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency around the details has alarmed New Zealand, the South Pacific state’s ...

The “Action Plan 2025-2030″ for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Cook Islands and the People’s Republic of China was published this afternoon following weeks of ...

“We know that the content of these agreements will be of keen interest to the people of the Cook Islands. We note that Prime Minister Mark Brown has publicly committed to publishing the text of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaks during a plenary ...

Citizens of the Cook Islands hold New Zealand passports and are automatically New Zealand citizens. Additionally, nearly 100,000 people who identify as Cook Islands Maori live in New Zealand.

At the heart of the matter is a major deal set to be signed between the Cook Islands and China this week, one that observers have called a “diplomatic victory” for Beijing and a potential turn ...

BEIJING - China and the Cook Islands signed an action plan ... But New Zealand provides budget support and commits to defend the island nation, whose people are New Zealand citizens.

The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand which provides budget support and commits to defend the South Pacific nation whose people are New Zealand citizens.