The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has slammed the health order over Whangārei District Council fluoridation as a “despotic Soviet-era disgrace”. Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati ...

Cook Islanders hold New Zealand citizenship. Brown said the seabed minerals deal supported the partnership pact he signed in ...

China will be able to establish a "significant strategic presence" in the Pacific, a security studies professor says.

The Government is reforming the Overseas Investment Act as it seeks to attract more foreign investment amid a push for ...

Amid boxing’s bright lights, pomp and final pre-fight ceremony attached to an event dubbed the card of the century, Joseph ...

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged the self-governing nation to keep to its "free association" relationship ...

This week, MPs, and perhaps more significantly, the public, got a rare glimpse into New Zealand's intelligence community, ...

Deadlines are fast approaching for councils who must fluoridate their drinking water supplies or face a hefty fine. It has caused anger in some places with one mayor claiming he'll go to prison rather ...

Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon needs to step in after NZ First leader Winston Peters made allegedly “xenophobic” comments about him. Act leader David Seymour has ...

They are extremely regimented. Most debates are time-limited, with speaking times (ten minutes per speaker) and speaking order pre-determined evenly between the government and Opposition sides of the ...

A copy of the deal shows it covers cooperation - but does not involve any agreement to give a license for mining, or exploration. The Cook Islands also signed a Joint Plan for Comprehensive Strategic ...