China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency ...

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 ...

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New Zealand’s announced review of its development aid to Kiribati after a diplomatic rift between the two countries should ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the start of deep-sea mining.

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

The Cook Islands is set to strike a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, triggering a hysterical response from New ...

Why has New Zealand fallen out with the Cook Islands and Kiribati? And what does China have to do with it? Andrew Mueller ...

Analysis: Small island states like the Cooks and Kiribati are not the only Pacific nations extremely exposed to the ...

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese influence. Audio ...

When it comes to worries about Chinese influence in the Pacific, the recent rifts between NZ and two of our neighbours are ...

More than 500 million children in these regions live in countries with unhealthy levels of pollution. Read more at ...