The analysis shows that, once costs, market factors, and technological challenges are accounted for, deep sea mining for Cook Islands nodules is more likely to have a negative economic return.

Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the ...

A workshop on the potential development of hate crimes legislation was recently held in Rarotonga, drawing attention to the ...

Investors increasingly turn to Cook Islands trusts to protect significant crypto holdings from lawsuits and creditor claims.

A person travelling from New Zealand has been put under quarantine in the Cook Islands after being identified as a close contact of a measles case here.

An New Zealand academic says there is a lack of understanding on the details of Aotearoa's relationship with the Cook Islands. Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm ...

For more than eight decades, the service of over 80 Cook Islanders who served during World War II went untold and ...

The opening day of the FIBA Women’s U17 Oceania Cup showcased the thrill of competitive basketball, with Samoa emerging victorious over the Cook Islands in a closely contested match. This article ...

The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the South Pacific's Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study ...

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 ...

The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal with China. Trump administration officials say they’re in talks with the Cook Islands ...