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

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

The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic ...

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

The protest, led by Opposition MP and Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather, has taken place outside the Cook Islands Parliament in Avarua — a day after Brown returned from China.

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

Comment: New Zealand feels seriously aggrieved it has been left out of the Cook Islands discussions with China altogether, ...

Perhaps geography is still destiny after all. The closer a Pacific nation sits to American shores, the more Washington seems ...

It's all happening in the Pacific. New Zealand and Kiribati are currently engaged in diplomatic disputes over foreign aid and ...

they do have points of disagreement, but it doesn’t mean that the relationship has in any way broken down.” On Christmas Day, ...

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?

Politicians and diplomats, naturally enough, prefer to do things behind the scenes and media exposure is a complication for them. But we simply wouldn’t know about the impending partnership agreement ...