A geopolitical analyst says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should have stepped in to fix New Zealand's diplomatic spat with Cook Islands, as Foreign Minister Winston Peters is making things worse.

People from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau are New Zealand citizens, creating strong familial and economic connections.

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 Cook Islands Prime Minister says ministers and officials have engaged "consistently" with New Zealand through every ...

The Cook Islands, a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, have been closely tied to New Zealand for decades. Though the Cook Islands govern their own internal matters, they still rely ...

Cook Islands Finance has completed a successful programme at the 2025 STEP Asia Conference in Hong Kong, reinforcing the Cook ...

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 ...

Last month, New Zealand’s political and media establishment erupted in outrage over the decision by the Cook Islands government to sign a wide-ranging strategic partnership agreement with China ...

NZ pauses funding to Cook Islands (4 min 10 sec) New Zealand has paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed partnership agreements with China ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface, a camera attached to a remotely operated vehicle captured a ghostly white creature gliding above a plain of polymetallic nodules — mineral-rich rocks ...