A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...

The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said he would release soon the full details of a comprehensive strategic partnership ...

The deal does not involve any agreement to give an exploration or mining licence to China, says the Cook Islands government.

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged ...

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

The country’s Seabed Minerals Authority estimates there are 6.7 billion tonnes of mineral-rich nodules on its sea floor, ...

(Reuters) - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the ...

A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships, ...

More than 400 people took to the streets a day after the prime minister returned from China, where he signed a strategic ...

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