The Cook Islands’ strategic location halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii made it a crucial logistics base during World War II. American forces established airstrips on Penrhyn and Aitutaki, with ...

Tensions are rising between New Zealand and China after a Cook Islands-China multilateral agreement and Chinese live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea located between Australia and New Zealand.

The Cook Islands' prime minister survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, blaming "misinformation" from former colonial ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister survived a no-confidence vote Wednesday, blaming “misinformation” from former colonial ruler New Zealand for destabilising his ...

The State Department and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have imposed sanctions on ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition ...

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China’s naval task group traversed between Australia and New Zealand, firing live rounds causing airline diversions and forging a new agreement with the Cook Islands, raising concerns in Australasian ...

New Zealand First Deputy Leader Shane Jones says China is providing the practical aid Pacific nations are seeking. New ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters needs to restate New Zealand’s relationship with the Cook Islands during talks with his ...

Rather than falling victim to zero-sum illusions, the West must embrace the multiplex nature of Pacific diplomacy.