During the Great Depression, the value of Cook Islands exports suddenly collapsed—by 1935 it was just one third of the 1925 figure—and the New Zealand government slashed its funding for the territory ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands raises the stakes in critical mineral competition, with the United States at risk of falling behind. In February, the Cook Islands announced a key ...

A round-up of sports news from around the region, including a Drua player copping a three-week suspension after Super Rugby ...

The Cipher Brief: A CSIS report said that of 64 research and survey vessels operated by various Chinese entities, 80% of those showed behavior that they suggested were involved in, “advancing ...

I traveled solo to the French Polynesian islands. By day I surfed, snorkeled, sailed and swam, stopping only to sleep in an ...

The International Seabed Authority are meeting in Jamaica to thrash out the rules for deep-sea extraction. Read more at ...

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...

Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands,” documents why Walande ...

It’s no surprise, then, that travellers are looking for cheaper alternatives to the Maldives. Fortunately, the popularity of ...

Efforts to combat gender-based violence in the Pacific have intensified with the launch of a two-week training program in the ...