No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Official ratification of a "comprehensive strategic partnership" agreement likely to cause consternation in Wellington.

Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...

New Zealand’s announced review of its development aid to Kiribati after a diplomatic rift between the two countries should ...

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

Beijing revealed details of its meeting with Prime Minister Mark Brown for the first time on Thursday, as New Zealand Foreign ...

Perhaps geography is still destiny after all. The closer a Pacific nation sits to American shores, the more Washington seems ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

The Cook Islands is set to strike a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, triggering a hysterical response from New ...

China stood ready for "in-depth" talks with the Cook Islands, Beijing said on Thursday, a day before a meeting between ...