“Happy Te Maeva Nui!”—a cheerful phrase that echoed across the Cook Islands as the nation celebrated 60 years of independence with reed dances, float parades, and choir performances. For a week, Kapa ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

In 1860, Captain Sinclair of the American schooner “Wamp” recruited four Polynesian men and six Polynesian women at Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands, and shipped them to Koloa Plantation to labor in the ...

In a clear and deliberate diplomatic snub, the New Zealand government boycotted celebrations in the Cook Islands on August 4 marking 60 years of “self-government in free association with New Zealand.” ...

A standoff between New Zealand and the Cook Islands reflects an urgent question in the Pacific: Is China a threat or a partner for growth? By Victoria Kim Reporting from Wellington, New Zealand Every ...

Increasing economic ties between the Cook Islands and China represent a pivotal shift in regional geopolitics with implications for Australia and New Zealand’s influence in the South Pacific — a ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the constitutional relationship with New Zealand still serves their future. From ...

A newly improved edition of the Cook Islands Māori Bible is scheduled to be released at the end of the month in New Zealand. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

On August 4, on the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands’ becoming a self-governing state, the United States and Cook Islands announced bilateral cooperation to advance deep-sea mining exploration in ...