New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

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

China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...

By signing a deal with Beijing, the Cook Islands is asserting its independence – in a stark challenge to New Zealand’s ...

New Zealand needs to ensure it does not become unhinged over the spat with the Cook Islands, says an international relations ...

The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...

Australian deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has reaffirmed Australia's commitment to being the “partner of choice” for ...

The Cook Islands, part of New Zealands realm since 1965, have a unique self-governing status with New Zealand citizenship for ...

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 ...