New Zealand will resume about $29.8 million in annual funding to the Cook Islands as the two countries sign a defence and ...

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them.

A no confidence motion has been filed against Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown as he prepares to sign an historic agreement with China. Opposition MPs say the PM’s actions have threaten relation ...

From fallout to reset: how New Zealand and the Cook Islands navigated a dispute shadowed by China’s growing reach.

Election fever is building in the Cook Islands as residents await the pending announcement of a date for this year's general ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

New Zealand’s attempts to “coerce” the Cook Islands over its relationship with China will not work, Prime Minister Mark Brown said in an interview aired on Cook Islands Television last week. He said ...

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 ...

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 ...