The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty. A range of deals Prime Minister Mark Brown signed ...

Cook Islands MPs spent over $350,000 on overseas travel in the first half of the 2024/25 financial year, with a significantly increased budget allowing for further expenditures and calls to upgrade MP ...

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact provoked a rare diplomatic clash with the nation’s chief benefactor, New ...

Hawaiian Airlines has announced significant enhancements to its Rarotonga (RAR) service, designed to improve the travel ...

Cook Islands’ shift towards China however has stirred political tensions in the country. Recently, protests broke out in ...

the small economy relies on tourism - mostly from New Zealand - which collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic. China and the Cook Islands established diplomatic relations in 1997 and in 2018 ...

The prime minister of the Cook Islands could be facing a no-confidence vote this week. It's part of the continuing political fallout from a recent agreement the government reached with China. HPRʻs ...

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the Cook Islands. Tourism, which contributed 70 percent of the nation’s GDP in 2018, abruptly halted as global travel restrictions were imposed.

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in 2020, it is no longer eligible for aid. As Mr Brown sees it, China is part ...

Cook Islands, with a population of 15,000, a tourism economy and a large exclusive economic zone, is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand, which gives the bulk of ...