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

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is visiting ... warning that it could lead to full independence and the loss of automatic New Zealand citizenship for Cook Islanders. The proposal was ...

Around 400 demonstrators, led by opposition parties, assembled outside the Cook Islands parliament in capital Avarua on ...

Fears were inflamed by statements from Peters that a referendum could be called over the Cook Islands’ move to full “independence.” Brown defeated a motion of no confidence in parliament ...

New Zealand is concerned the Cook Islands government's push for more autonomy, including an effort to issue its own passports, means it is getting all the benefits of independence while still ...

The Cook Islands seabed contains an estimated 6.7 ... economically dependent on China invariably find their political independence compromised and their natural resources exploited.

It is a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand, and its diplomatic independence was recognized by the United Nations in 1992. Although the Cook Islands is small in size ...

Caption: Screenshot from the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand. In response to reporters' inquiries about comments made by the ...

While New Zealand has previously blocked the Cook Islands’ efforts to join the UN without full independence, the recent action plan indicates China’s support for expanding the Cook Islands ...