Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Relations between other Pacific islands and their larger regional backers Australia and New Zealand have ...

Official documents have revealed growing tension between New Zealand and the Cook Islands over the registration of vessels ...

"Three sanctioned vessels now remain on the register: the widely-reported EAGLE S, a yacht owned by an oligarch, and a Crude Oil Tanker sanctioned by the US on 21 August for links to Iranian oil," ...

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 ...

Close your eyes and think about your favorite travel destination, one good enough to throw your passport away on arrival. Got one in mind? One woman on TikTok has found a destination worthy of yeeting ...

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.

The Cook Islands is set to cut its colonial ties by changing the island nation’s name to one that reflects its Polynesian culture. Republic of North Macedonia born amid mass protests Philippines ...

The US is formally establishing diplomatic relations with a pair of Pacific Island nations Monday, recognizing the Cook Islands and Niue for the first time. The recognition comes as President Joe ...

In a stunning bluewater angling achievement, a commercial fisherman from the Cook Islands caught a massive blue marlin that set a new island record for the species. Fishing from his 22-foot boat, the ...