When China and the Cook Islands established diplomatic relations in 1997, their bilateral trade volume was $145,000. As a ...

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres ...

China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency around the details has alarmed New Zealand, the South Pacific state’s ...

WELLINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate resilience and economic cooperation so ...

At the heart of the matter is a major deal set to be signed between the Cook Islands and China this week, one that observers have called a “diplomatic victory” for Beijing and a potential turn ...

but New Zealand was firm that could only happen if the Cook Islands became fully independent and Cook Islanders gave up their New Zealand passports. Last week, Brown scrapped the idea, saying New ...

but we'd love to see more of our kids from the Cook Islands make it through to the top. “We want to try to set up some sort of pathway for those kids to come through, especially with the older ...

“The people of the Cook Islands, who are New Zealand citizens, are integral members of the New Zealand family.” Sign up to The Daily H, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered ...

New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal with China. The tiny Pacific Island nation's leader, Mark Brown ...

At the invitation of China, Prime Minister Mark Brown of the Cook Islands will attend the Closing Ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Harbin from February 10 to 16, Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip stirring up a ...