New Zealand is facing its own ‘Solomon Islands moment’ over a shock deal between China and the Cook Islands that clears the ...

The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty and his signing of a range of deals with China ...

China and New Zealand should become partners of mutual trust and address some specific differences through constructive ...

Strategic engagement between the Pacific and its partners has now well and truly switched to overt security transactionalism, ...

New Zealand’s foreign minister is meeting senior officials in China just days after New Zealand and Australia said that ...

The prime minister of the Cook Islands could be facing a no-confidence vote this week. It's part of the continuing political ...

The Cook Islands' prime minister survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, blaming "misinformation" from former colonial ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived a no-confidence vote instigated by opposition due to his deals with China, which worried New Zealand. The vote was 13-9 against the motion. Opposition ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition ...

The government of the Cook Islands said on Saturday that it had struck a five-year agreement with China to explore deep-sea minerals. The deal has raised eyebrows in nearby New Zealand. The Cook ...