Cook Islands awaits confirmation from New Zealand and Australia regarding their potential support for key infrastructure projects on the outer islands, amidst growing interest from China. Cook Islands ...

Air Rarotonga managing director Ewan Smith has been recognised in the New Zealand King’s Birthday Honours after he was knighted for services to Cook Islands business and tourism. Sir Ewan founded and ...

Cook Islands government anticipated the multi-million-dollar core sector support funding ‘pause’ from New Zealand towards the ...

Cook Islands engages with countries “who respect our sovereignty”, says Prime Minister Mark Brown, calling New Zealand’s ...

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, citing a breach of trust and lack of consultation regarding the Cook Islands’ recent agreements with China. New Zealand has ...

The Cook Islands Destination Stewardship Plan aims to balance tourism growth with cultural preservation by addressing challenges like commodification and intellectual property protection through ...

Cook Islands Police are treating the suspicious death of a 58-year-old Mauke woman, whose body was exhumed over the weekend for investigation, as a homicide. Cook Islands Police are treating the ...

Journalist Rachel Reeves shares insights and revelations from this week’s Deep Sea Symposium hosted by the Cook Islands Centre For Research (Te Puna Vai Marama). Solomon Kahoʻohalahala opened Thursday ...

Pastor Tevai “Bobby” Matapo was diagnosed with myeloma cancer. Since returning home in April 2023 from gruelling treatment in New Zealand he threw out his medication. He solely relies in his deep ...

Cook Islands Government’s proposed constitutional amendments, which aim to increase the number of Ministers and allow for proxy voting, hang in the balance after the parliamentary committee ...

Former Director of Audit, Paul Allsworth, claims that cultural ties and environmental factors are strong contributing forces to corruption in the Cook Islands government. Former Director of Audit, ...

MCI has come under fire after a Cook Islands-flagged tanker Eagle S was accused of damaging an undersea cable in the Gulf of Finland. Last month, the Cook Islands Ministry of Transport (MoT) and MCI ...