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

The self-governing Cook Islands, a country of 17,000 people, has a "free association" relationship with New Zealand, which provides budgetary assistance as well as helping on foreign affairs and ...

He recently abandoned a proposal to introduce a Cook Islands passport following a public outcry. In a nation that is not used to huge displays of protest, several hundred people recently gathered ...

Churches in the Cook Islands are pushing for the country to be declared a Christian nation following the discovery of a ...

In a vote on Wednesday afternoon (Tuesday, Cook Islands time), the man who has been at the centre to controversy in the past few weeks, deated the motion by 13 votes to 9. Two government ministers ...

And about 400 people protested at the Cook Islands parliament in the capital, Avarua, on Tuesday after Brown returned from China, according to news outlets there. Footage showed demonstrators ...

“While the connection between the people of the Cook Islands and New Zealand remains resolutely strong, we currently face challenges in the government-to-government relationship,” he said.

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 neighbouring government would need to analyse the contents of the pact released on Monday and its implications for New Zealand and the people of Cook Islands, whose government it intends to ...

The Cook Island News said in a report. The details will be “out online very shortly, people can see for themselves,” Brown said. China will provide the Pacific nation of 15,000 people with a ...