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

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.

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

In 2018, in a meeting with leaders from eight Pacific island countries, including then Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna ...

The Cook Islands, with one of the largest Exclusive Economic Zones in the world — a whopping 2 million sq km — is considered ...

The Northern Lights could be visible from parts of the UK tonight, with the Met Office saying people have a 90% chance of ...

Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...

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Fine weather is expected to continue this week, with some isolated showers. A weak front will be moving slowly northwards ...

Heavy thunderstorms could strike the central North Island this afternoon, MetService says. MetService has issued a severe ...

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

January 2025 was marked by cooler-than-average temperatures across much of the country, making it New Zealand’s coldest ...