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

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

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

The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...

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

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

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

"The public deserves to know if there are any debt obligations, resource access clauses, or strategic commitments involved." ...

The Cook Islands' head of government on Tuesday defended a new partnership pact with China and urged his country not to ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has called for a reset in government-to-government relations with the Cook ...

China and the Cook Islands have signed a strategic partnership covering deep-sea mining, trade, infrastructure, and education ...

China stood ready for "in-depth" talks with the Cook Islands, Beijing said on Thursday, a day before a meeting between ...