Pacific NRL players are backing the bid for a Pasifika team, with sporting heavyweights emphasising that Pacific Islanders ...

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

But New Zealand fly half Jayson Potroz and South African centre Wayne van der Bank, both first-team all stars, are back with ...

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

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

Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate ...

Diplomatic storm clouds are gathering around the Cook Islands, a picturesque tourist destination in the South Pacific known ...

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

New Zealand has repeatedly asked the Cook Islands to consult on the contents of agreements that Brown plans to sign with ...

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

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...