The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...

A copy of the deal shows it covers cooperation - but does not involve any agreement to give a license for mining, or exploration. The Cook Islands also signed a Joint Plan for Comprehensive Strategic ...

The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic ...

The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...

New Zealand’s leading newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, screamed out this headline on 10 February: “Should New Zealand ...

The comprehensive agreement has been criticised for being vague and lacking details regarding the priority areas in which the two countries will partner.

New Zealand claims Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is not sharing all the documents on his recent agreement signed ...

Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.

New Zealand wants to renegotiate its free association agreements with Cook Islands to secure increased transparency in its ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this week, have raised concerns in ...

Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown thinks he’s going to need a bigger boat. And that’s partly true. But what he also ...