The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged ...

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 ...

According to International Relations Study Association(IRSA), on the afternoon of February 14, 2025, during the closing of the 9th Asian Winter Games, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Cook Islands ...

While many Pacific island nations have called for a moratorium on deep-sea mining — which they see as a threat to tourism, tuna stocks and other marine wildlife — the Cook Islands has emerged ...

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 ...

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 ...

tourism, agriculture, technology, education and, perhaps crucially, deep-sea mineral exploration. Brown says his decisions will be based on the "long-term interests" of the Cook Islands ...

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 provides the bulk of ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and Chinese ... engagement on “priority areas” such as trade and investment, tourism, ocean science, aquaculture, agriculture, infrastructure climate ...

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 ...

Refusal to share details 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 ...

The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty and his signing of a range of deals with China ...