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

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

The country’s Seabed Minerals Authority estimates there are 6.7 billion tonnes of mineral-rich nodules on its sea floor, ...

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

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said he would release soon the full details of a comprehensive strategic partnership ...

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

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

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

Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China - Protests erupt over Cook Islands’ new strategic ...

The tiny Pacific nation’s partnership agreement with China was signed amid a furious diplomatic row with New Zealand, its ...

The Cook Islands has announced a controversial deal with China focusing on seabed mineral cooperation, stirring tensions with ...

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