WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand and Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact Thursday, easing more than a year of tension between the Pacific nations over Cook Islands' deepening ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China and the Cook Islands have wrapped up their first joint scientific expedition in the South Pacific, a region emerging as a ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the constitutional relationship with New Zealand still serves their future. From ...

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a partnership agreement the tiny Pacific Island ...

The US has entered talks with the Cook Islands to develop seabed mineral resources, just months after the South Pacific nation formalized cooperation pacts with China that included exploration for ...

On April 2, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced the signing of a new Defence and Security Declaration with the government of the Cook Islands, which he said would establish “a shared ...

Photo/Xinhua] When China officially delivered Tonga's National Sports Complex in Nuku'alofa in March it was another example ...

New Zealand has signed a defence and security declaration with the Cook Islands, repairing a relationship strained when the tiny South Pacific nation entered a strategic agreement with China. The ...

Concerns have been raised by Pacific leaders after China tested a long-range missile within the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, sparking regional debate over potential Treaty of Rarotonga violations.