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

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

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

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

The Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with China, which ...

New Zealand has repeatedly asked the Cook Islands to consult on the contents of agreements that Brown plans to sign with ...

"The relationship between China and the Cook Islands does not target any third party," the Chinese Foreign Ministry says, as opposition leaders in Rarotonga plan protest.

Australia, New Zealand and the US have been moving to counter China’s growing strategic and diplomatic influence in the past three years by striking agreements with nations, including Tuvalu, Nauru ...

The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand which provides budget support and commits ...

The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...

With tensions mounting, we break down what the proposed deal between China and the Cook Islands is all about, why New Zealand ...