The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged the self-governing nation to keep to its "free association" relationship ...

The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...

A copy of the deal shows it covers cooperation - but does not involve any agreement to give a license for mining, or exploration. The Cook Islands also signed a Joint Plan for Comprehensive Strategic ...

New Zealand’s leading newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, screamed out this headline on 10 February: “Should New Zealand ...

New Zealand claims Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is not sharing all the documents on his recent agreement signed ...

The federal government has announced it will begin negotiations with Papua New Guinea on a formal defence treaty. Australia ...

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New Zealand wants to renegotiate its free association agreements with Cook Islands to secure increased transparency in its ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the Cook Islands public and New Zealand deserve transparency regarding the Cook ...

Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown thinks he’s going to need a bigger boat. And that’s partly true. But what he also ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters yesterday said that his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook ...