Prime Minister Mark Brown met with Makoto Osawa, Ambassador of Japan to the Cook Islands, and senior officials from the ...

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

A limited stock of aviation fuel in Rarotonga, caused by shipping delays and adverse weather, has led to flight cancellations ...

Mangaia has been identified as the Pa Enua with the highest number of people diagnosed with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), prompting its paramount chief to call for an urgent, island-wide plan to ...

The Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA), which governs seabed mineral activities under the Seabed Minerals Act 2019 (SBMA Act), emphasises that no commercial extraction can occur without extensive ...

An online version of the “A Dictionary of the Māori language of Rarotonga” (“The Savage Dictionary”) was launched in Auckland last Friday as part of the celebration of Cook Islands Language Week.

A 19 year old Australian tourist has appeared in the Criminal Court in Avarua charged with importation of 41 undeclared vapes, becoming the first person prosecuted under the nation’s strict new ...

Close to a thousand people gathered at Avatiu Harbour yesterday as over 300 passengers from Te Pae Tokerau (north Cook Islands) – Pukapuka, Nassau and Palmerston Island – boarded the MV Nivaga III for ...

As the Cook Islands approaches the end of its five-year seabed minerals exploration phase and the latest partnership with the superpowers United States and China, the question facing its people is no ...

“Our culture is in safe hands”, was the message from Prime Minister Mark Brown at the closing ceremony and awards of Te Maeva Nui 2025 at the National Auditorium yesterday.

The 55-year-old New Zealand tourist charged with the importation of cannabis is expected to appear before Chief Justice Patrick Keane today.