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

Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

Perhaps geography is still destiny after all. The closer a Pacific nation sits to American shores, the more Washington seems ...

New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

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

Asian markets mostly rose Friday in line with a rally on Wall Street as traders were buoyed by news that Donald Trump's ...

The Cook Islands is set to strike a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, triggering a hysterical response from New ...

New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal ...

The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...