After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of ... They cover infrastructure, ship-building, tourism, agriculture, technology, education and, perhaps crucially, deep-sea mineral exploration.

According to Brown, the Cook Islands needs to “stand on our own two feet.” “We need to build the infrastructure to enable that, so harbours and ports need to be upgraded, airports need to be ...