The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

New Zealand said on Friday it had been “blindsided” by the Cook Islands’ plans to sign a ... affairs and defence to the former dependent territory, whose 17,000 people have New Zealand ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown ... foreign affairs and defence to the former dependent territory, whose 17,000 people have New Zealand citizenship. New Zealand has said that it should ...

SYDNEY: New Zealand said on Friday (Feb 7) it had been "blindsided" by the Cook Islands' plans to sign ... and defence to the former dependent territory, whose 17,000 people have New Zealand ...

It all comes down to constitutional arrangements. The Cook Islands was administered by New Zealand as a dependent territory from 1901 to 1965, and since then has been self-governed in “free ...

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (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 ...

Diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand is growing. Here's what it's about about, what China has to do with it, and why it matters.

New Zealand seeks transparency from Cook Islands on China agreements China says it sees Cook Islands as important South Pacific partner Cook Islands opposition questions lack of consultation on ...

China is insisting that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the start of deep-sea mining.