As the Cook Islands embraces the burgeoning industry, deep-sea mining companies are becoming part of the community’s day-to-day. Can the country avoid the mistakes of resource extraction’s past? By ...

In times of uncertainty, preserving and protecting assets from creditors, lawsuits and other economic threats becomes a priority. A Cook Islands Trust could be a potential vehicle for protecting those ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) The country in ...

Credit: Cook Islands Office of the Prime Minister. China took an extraordinary diplomatic step last February by unveiling a ...

BEIJING (AP) — China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip ...

There are many great places to go for amazing views—Fiji, Bora Bora, Hawaii, the Caribbean—but what’s great about the Cook Islands is that it’s not as well-known, so the crowds that you find elsewhere ...

The art of tivaevae, the colourful patchwork and appliqué that’s symbolic of the Cook Islands, is a craft that’s flourished since the introduction of quilting by Christian missionaries in the 19th ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii will host the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture for the first time next week, and over 27 Pacific island countries will participate. On Saturday, the Cook Islands ...

The Cook Islands government will allow miners to prospect for minerals on its seabed within the coming financial year. Officials justify the decision partly on the need to ease the country’s economic ...

The Cook Islands is searching for a new and less colonial name, ahead of a potential referendum on the issue in the former British possession. A committee tasked with finding a new name was given ...