New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who is on his first official visit to China, said the Cook Islands had not been transparent ...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters informed the Cook Islands government of the decision early this month, but it only became public on June 19 after a Cook Islands news outlet saw its brief ...

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made ...

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause ...

New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with ...

New Zealand has paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed ...

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the breadth and content of agreements the ...

New Zealand has halted more than $18 million in development assistance to its realm country. But the island's prime minister ...

There are around 15,000 Cook Islanders living in their own nation, but as many as 100,000 live in New Zealand and Australia. Culturally, Cook Islands Māori, who make up the majority of the ...

Helen Clark says the Cook Islands government entered into a strategic partnership with a major power nation - China - without ...

There are around 15,000 Cook Islanders living in their own nation, but as many as 100,000 live in New Zealand and Australia. Culturally, Cook Islands Māori, who make up the majority of the ...