The Cook Islands Prime Minister says ministers and officials have engaged "consistently" with New Zealand through every formal channel to address tensions with Aotearoa.

The Cook Islands government says it is working to stabilise its strained relationship with New Zealand, but not at the cost ...

Wellington’s diplomatic bullying of the Cook Islands is part of the sharpening geopolitical tensions in the Pacific region ...

An New Zealand academic says there is a lack of understanding on the details of Aotearoa's relationship with the Cook Islands. Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm ...

BEIJING — China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip stirring ...

China seeks to increase "political trust" and belt and road cooperation with the Cook Islands, Premier Li Qiang told his visiting counterpart Mark Brown as they met on Friday. Multiple cooperation ...

A special Herald investigation has found the Cook Islands flag has flown on over 100 oil tankers accused of illicitly trading ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that it was not consulted about expected agreements involving ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will not attend the milestone event in Rarotonga, which will celebrate the Cook Islands’ six decades of self-governance ...