The Cook Islands High Commission in Fiji was pleased to host China's Special Envoy for BBNJ Secretariat Affairs, Yi Xianliang ...

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 ...

China took an extraordinary diplomatic step last February by unveiling a comprehensive strategic agreement with the Cook Islands. Avarua’s decision was surprising in itself, but more striking was the ...

Twenty-three Cook Islanders have returned from China with new knowledge and perspectives on deep-sea resource management ...

FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Aug. 26 ...

As the United States steps up its engagement, China has reaffirmed its support for the Cook Islands' seabed mineral exploration through continued custom training programmes and ocean research surveys.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact on Thursday, addressing over a year of diplomatic tensions linked to the Cook Islands' growing ...

WELLINGTON — New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a new defense and security declaration on Thursday, ending a breakdown between the Pacific nations sparked by a partnership that the Cooks signed ...

The prime minister tells the Guardian that last year’s diplomatic rift with ally New Zealand could be on voters’ minds as they head to the polls ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 ties ...

New Zealand and Cook Islands Sign a Defense Pact, Easing Tensions Over a China Deal WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand and Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact Thursday, easing more ...