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

Cook Islands tension with New Zealand. Speech by exiled Bangladeshi leader sparks violence. Albanese and Trump talk tariffs.

There's tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand after a potential deal between China and the Cook Island was announced - a deal NZ had no warning ...

Cook Islands officials said on Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. The self-governing co ...

SYDNEY, Feb 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters.

New Zealand marathon swimmer Breanna Ward has joined a select band of swimmers to complete the country’s triple crown of ...

A fresh Auckland-based rugby expansion bid has told the NRL they would take games to Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands each year, ...

China has confirmed details of its meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown for the first time, saying Beijing ...

Yesterday, opposition members of the Cook Islands government filed a motion of no confidence towards Prime Minister Mark ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

The Cook Islands, with one of the largest Exclusive Economic Zones in the world — a whopping 2 million sq km — is considered ...