The Cook Islands’ strategic location halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii made it a crucial logistics base during World War II. American forces established airstrips on Penrhyn and Aitutaki, with ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...

Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square kms (1.4 million square miles) has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including ...

Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. An strategically important island nation The bond between Kiribati ...

A minerals exploration deal between the superpower and the Cook Islands is Beijing’s latest push for influence in a region ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has called for a reset in government-to-government relations with the Cook ...

New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, calls for a 'reset' in relations with the Cook Islands following agreements ...

Many Pacific nations have forged closer ties with Beijing in recent years. In 2019, pro-China President Maamau oversaw Kiribati’s switch in diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, one of several ...

Some pacts — including those Beijing signed with Solomon Islands and Kiribati — have never been publicly shared. “The reason that this one has been public I think is for the optics of the ...

Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...