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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A $3m ship deal is among the early examples of how a polarising pact between the Asian superpower and a Pacific partner will ...

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

The decision drew from New Zealand, which is increasingly cautious about China's growing presence in the Pacific region.