Exploration Vessel Nautilus, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, successfully completed a three-week mission to map and ...

Guests could wake up in the lap of luxury, enjoy breakfast with a view before meandering down to the calm shore. It was money in the bank, or so it seemed, before it all went horribly wrong. With 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 ...

Brightly illuminated orange letters at Rarotonga airport cry: ‘Kia orana!’ You’ll hear those words a lot if you’re lucky enough to visit this tiny, lushly forested extinct volcano rearing from the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by ...