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

Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown thinks he’s going to need a bigger boat. And that’s partly true. But what he also ...

New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal ...

The Cook Islands is a self-governing nation and maintains free association with Wellington, sharing a head of state and ...

A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships ...

Cook Islands is “always free to choose” to be independent of New Zealand, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Wednesday. The ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has called for a “reset” of New Zealand’s relationship with the Cook Islands. In a speech to ...

China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with ...

The Cook Islands, a nation of 17,000 people spread across the South Pacific, holds strategic significance beyond its size.

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

China and the Cook Islands signed an action plan last week for a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two ...

A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships, ...