China will be able to establish a "significant strategic presence" in the Pacific, a security studies professor says.

The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic ...

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

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

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

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...

The Cook Islands operates in free association with New Zealand. It means the island nation conducts its own affairs, but Aotearoa needs to assist when it comes to foreign affairs, disasters and ...

The leader of the opposition in the Cook Islands says the Prime Minister's lack of consultation about a visit and deal with China is concerning. Chartotte speaks to Teariki Heather, leader of the Cook ...

The Foreign Affairs Minister’s office is aware of media reporting suggesting the Cook Islands has backed down from its controversial proposal to introduce its own passport, an initiative that ...

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SYDNEY - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit ... its influence in the Pacific region and after some Pacific island nations raised concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's freezing ...

Palmerston, former chief mouser at the Foreign Office, is now the U.K.‘s chief four-legged representative in Bermuda.