Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze has halted vital projects in the South Pacific, aid workers and analysts say, risking lives ...

Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.

WELLINGTON--The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this week, have raised concerns in New Zealand, which has a close constitutional ...

As Pacific nations move closer to NZ’s chief strategic adversary in the region, the Government looks at how it can more ...

The news that Cook Islands will sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with China has attracted significant attention.

The Cook Islands, a nation of 17,000 people spread across the South Pacific, holds strategic significance beyond its size.

China will provide the Pacific nation of 15,000 people with a one-time grant of about S$5.3 million. Read more at ...

Climate change is an existential threat for Pacific nations and Australia, according to the authors of Climate politics in ...

Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China - Protests erupt over Cook Islands’ new strategic ...

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in the Pacific nation of Cook Islands, urging the government to protect its ties with New Zealand.

For much of the 20th century, phosphate mining was Nauru’s golden ticket. It was discovered in the early 1900s and was ...