The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will retain his role after fighting off a no-confidence bid from the opposition.

Cook Islands’ shift towards China however has stirred political tensions in the country. Recently, protests broke out in Rarotonga - the largest Cook Island that also hosts the capital and the parliam ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition over deals he struck with China that strained relations with New Zealand.

The agreement is being denounced as a threat to New Zealand and used to justify its ongoing integration into US-led plans for ...

The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty. A range of deals Prime Minister Mark Brown signed ...

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact provoked a rare diplomatic clash with the nation’s chief benefactor, New ...

China seeks to increase "political trust" and belt and road cooperation with the Cook Islands, Premier Li Qiang told his visiting counterpart Mark Brown as they met on Friday. Multiple cooperation ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and Chinese Premier Li Qiang signed the deal in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Brown's office said in a statement.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed it during a visit to Beijing this month. It also gives few details on the partnership such as promised funding from China. Mihai Sora, director of the ...