No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...

China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

Climate change is an existential threat for Pacific nations and Australia, according to the authors of Climate politics in ...

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal ...

Our connections to the Pacific and traditionally independent approach to international politics puts us in a prime position to play an important leadership role ...

Comment: New Zealand feels seriously aggrieved it has been left out of the Cook Islands discussions with China altogether, ...