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 deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.

The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation on matters including mining seabed minerals after ...

The Cook Islands, a collection of 15 small islands with a population ... Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp, Kendall Rodriguez; Gary Licker Things to do now on LI Rock climbing? Indoor beach volleyball?

Cook Islands releases plan for pact signed with China Deal spans seabed mining, disaster relief and cultural ties Protesters support existing ties with New Zealand New Zealand calls for release of ...

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 ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed the ... ‘Let’s have regular meetings and talk about political issues’ or ‘Let’s do more trade’ … to ‘How about we have policing?

The Cook Islands is a self-governing nation and maintains ... a proposal New Zealand said would require the islands to become fully independent to do. Separately, Mr. Peters also addressed ...