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 ...
The Cook Islands should be allowed to “make their own choices” and “have a right to their own future development” in terms of seabed mining, according to former Australian Prime Minister Scott ...
Research vessels roam the seas searching for deposits of battery metals, rare earths and critical minerals that litter the ocean’s plains. Marine biologist Teina ...
A standoff between New Zealand and the Cook Islands reflects an urgent question in the Pacific: Is China a threat or a partner for growth? By Victoria Kim Reporting from Wellington, New Zealand Every ...
Indigenous leaders from across the Pacific and beyond will gather at Waitangi next month for a 10-day wānanga focused on ...