Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who is on his first official visit to China, said the Cook Islands had not been transparent ...

New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...

Wellington decided earlier this month to suspend some $11m in core sector support funding for 2025-26 to the Cook Islands, saying such assistance “relies on a high-trust bilateral relationship”.

In December 2024, Prime Minister Mark Brown proposed issuing a unique Cook Islands passport—a move Wellington warned could ...

Straight lines, be gone! For a warm, welcoming kitchen, curved islands are taking center stage, say the designers ...

There are around 15,000 Cook Islanders living in their own nation, but as many as 100,000 live in New Zealand and Australia. Culturally, Cook Islands Māori, who make up the majority of the ...

Bhubaneswar: As India celebrated the International Day of Yoga on Saturday, over 6,000 km away, many Indians and Japanese ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is downplaying China’s role in New Zealand’s decision to pause funding for the Cook Islands over a controversial deal with China. It comes as Foreign Minister ...

The Cook Islands, an archipelago with a modest landmass but an extensive Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has emerged as a focal point for China’s broader Pacific strategy. The recent signing of the ...

The Cook Islands is seeking clarification on why it was removed from an international shipping database aimed at combating illicit shipping activities. Maritime Cook Islands (MCI) staff were told ...

New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands in an escalation over the Pacific island nation's ties to China.

The SCO statement said they “strongly condemn the military strikes carried out by Israel” and that “such aggressive actions ...