The Cook Islands said on Saturday that it signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal with China, a move expected to ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

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

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

Concerns are mounting in New Zealand as the Cook Islands’ Prime Minister travels to China this week to sign agreements ...

Cook Islands signs strategic partnership with China, raising concerns in New Zealand over growing Chinese presence in the ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and Chinese Premier Li Qiang signed the deal in Harbin, the capital of northeast China ...

The Cook Islands has officially signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with China, a move that is likely to ...

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

By signing a deal with Beijing, the Cook Islands is asserting its independence – in a stark challenge to New Zealand’s ...