Credit: Cook Islands Office of the Prime Minister. China took an extraordinary diplomatic step last February by unveiling a ...

WELLINGTON (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) The country in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by ...

The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal with China. Trump administration officials say they’re in talks with the Cook Islands ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Concerns are mounting in New Zealand as the Cook Islands’ prime minister travels to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with New Zealand, despite ...

William WEST/AFP/AFP Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These makeshift tools are their ...

The Cook Islands are a paradise in the South Pacific Ocean, nestled between New Zealand and Hawaii, covering an area of 93 ...

BEIJING — 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 ...

The Cook Islands and China signed a partnership agreement on February 15, further strengthening China's position in the Pacific. The agreement emerged despite the concern of some stakeholders about ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation on matters including mining seabed minerals after the pact ...

"Some women are told their partner has another relationship. When they ask questions, they get a hiding," a Cook Islands ...