Growing ties between China and the Cook Islands present challenges for Australia and New Zealand’s influence in the region ...

The official language is English, although Cook Islands Māori is also widely spoken by the locals. The territory is a parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand, meaning its ...

The Cook Islands signed a series of far-reaching agreements with China, including a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is visiting Beijing this week to sign a strategic partnership agreement with the world’s second-largest economy in the latest sign of China’s expanding ...

Cook Islands Premier Mark Brown said Thursday that he is open to reworking ties with New Zealand if a new pact makes the islands "more independent," according to the Australian Broadcasting ...

The public quarrel between New Zealand and Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — was a victory for Beijing’s efforts to woo Pacific leaders and a blow ...

Cook Island's Prime Minister Mark Brown says any new agreement with NZ can't "wind back the clock" to the colonial era. NZ and Cook Islands remain at loggerheads over contentious China deal.