WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) The country in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal with China. Trump administration officials say they’re in talks with the Cook Islands ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the constitutional relationship with New Zealand still serves their future. From ...

Glide above the postcard-perfect South Pacific with this breathtaking drone video of the Cook Islands. Witness the stunning, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by ...

BEIJING (AP) — China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip ...

The Cook Islands, a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, have been closely tied to New Zealand for decades. Though the Cook Islands govern their own internal matters, they still rely ...

The New Zealand political and media establishment continued to ratchet up tensions with the Cook Islands over the past week, as more details were released about the small Pacific country’s recent ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation on matters including mining seabed minerals after the pact ...

There are many great places to go for amazing views—Fiji, Bora Bora, Hawaii, the Caribbean—but what’s great about the Cook Islands is that it’s not as well-known, so the crowds that you find elsewhere ...

The Cook Islands, a nation in the Pacific Ocean, hosted this year’s ecumenical World Day of Prayer on March 7, bringing together hundreds of people from the country’s six Christian churches. The World ...