Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 13, 2024, in ...

Increasing economic ties between the Cook Islands and China represent a pivotal shift in regional geopolitics with implications for Australia and New Zealand’s influence in the South Pacific — a ...

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Deepening economic ties between China and Cook Islands continue to raise concerns in the South Pacific region. Last week, the Chinese research vessel Da Yang Hao docked at the port of Avatiu, marking ...

Gland, Switzerland – WWF commends the Cook Islands South Pacific Albacore Longline Fishery, primarily fished by Chinese1 companies, for becoming the first tuna fishery in the Cook Islands to achieve ...

Upgrades to the port on Penrhyn Atoll will allow for safer landings, better access to services, and stronger connections with the rest of the world.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — China and the South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal on Friday, raising alarm that Beijing is extending its reach into the ...

Marine biologist Teina Rongo passes the research vessel MV Anuanua Moana in Rarotonga, Cook Islands – Copyright AFP William WEST A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the ...

The tiny 15-island nation's head-turning decision to declare the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as a Whale Sanctuary has drawn praise from the conservation organisation, WWF. Cook Islands, ...

From left to right, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Cook Islands Tukaka Ama, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Chinese Minister ...