The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, the US ...

The State Department has already begun talks with the South Pacific nation for research on seabed mineral exploration and ...

The Cook Islands has no intention of leaving its special relationship with New Zealand, Prime Minister Mark Brown says. The ...

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs ...

The biggest event in the Cook Islands calendar is currently underway, marking 60 years of free association with New Zealand.

Cook Islands releases plan for pact signed with China Deal spans seabed mining, disaster relief and cultural ties Protesters support existing ties with New Zealand New Zealand calls for release of ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the ...

Climate change is causing more frequent and devastating natural disasters. The goal of this paper is two-fold. First, it examines the dynamic effects of natural disasters on the growth of output and ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s assault on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, researchers made a heartbreaking ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific state in a decade, to help improve ties ranging from trade, climate and ...