Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...

The Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with China, which ...

There is no need for New Zealand to sit in the room with us,' Premier Brown says, referring to China ties, upcoming deal with ...

The Foreign Affairs Minister’s office is aware of media reporting suggesting the Cook Islands has backed down from its ...

SYDNEY: New Zealand said on Friday (Feb 7) it had been "blindsided" by the Cook Islands' plans to sign a major agreement with ...

New Zealand is alarmed by the lack of transparency surrounding a potential pact between the Cook Islands and China. The director of the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program speaks to TaiwanPlus ...

Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to have its own passport.

A diplomatic spat has erupted between New Zealand and the Cook Islands over plans by Rarotonga to sign a comprehensive ...

The state visit was initially announced in December 2024, during a visit by Dr Zhaoxu Ma, the Executive Vice Minister of ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the deal between the Cook Islands and China came out of left field for not only New ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, marking the first such visit in a decade. The visit aims ...

The Cook Islands are expected to sign a deal with China, a move that has blindsided New Zealand. Kerre Woodham has some thoughts.