New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he will wait to see the contents of China’s ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on ...

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

The Cook Islands is hugely reliant on New Zealand under a longstanding "free association" agreement that provides it with ...

The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is on his way back to Rarotonga after signing an agreement with China yesterday which ...

New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

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 ...

Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...

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 ...

Cook Islands’ expected partnership deal with China has triggered tensions between the South Pacific nation and New Zealand.

A snub by the Cook Islands prime minister will be watched by any nations keen to see how deep New Zealand's partnerships in ...