After the exploration phase is the potential for mining, or as the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) calls it "harvesting", but mining can only happen if companies can prove to the ...

Voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia finally left Tahiti and are headed to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands after more than a ...

The breakdown in relations points to the extremely sharp geopolitical tensions in the Pacific created by the advanced US-led ...

Traditional double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived Thursday at Avatiu Harbor in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, for the most recent stop on their Moananuiākea Voyage around ...

Bali without the crowds, Hawaii 50 years ago, the new Tahiti — this tropical island is being called many things as ...

The Trump administration should maintain its regional momentum following recent diplomatic success with the Cook Islands An ...

The crew is now embarking on a journey to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands as part of the Moananuiākea voyage, which is the Polynesian sailing canoe's 15th major voyage in her first 50 years.

Voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia returned to Rarotonga for the first time since 1992, with cultural ceremonies and ...

Hōkūleʻa is navigated by Kaʻiulani Murphy, a veteran navigator with more than 30 years experience. Departure from Bora Bora marks the end of a roughly 6-week stay in the islands of French Polynesia.

The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal with China.

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) 2025-2030 signed between China and the Cook Islands has "nothing to do with any ...

The US says it has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed minerals exploration and development.