Te Pāti Māori Stands With The Cook Islands

Te Pāti Māori is calling out the deep hypocrisy of a government that insists on sovereign trade relationships while denying them to our Pacific whanaunga. While Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is in China forging trade agreements with Māori...

New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties

Decades of climate uncertainty: Cook Islands grower speaks

After more than 30 years of farming on her Takuvaine plantation, Jean Tekura Mason says climate change has disrupted everything she understood about farming. “I’ve been a planter, gardener for over 30 years basically and what I’ve noticed over...

Hawaii Coast Guard crew wraps up enforcement mission in Cook Islands

1/2 Swipe or click to see more AUSTIN WILEY / U.S. COAST GUARD / JUNE 7 A 26-foot over-the-horizon small boat carrying Coast Guard crew, two Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officers and a translator from the U.S. Marine Corps...

New Zealand pauses Cook Islands funding over China deal stoush

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New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties

New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China row

New Zealand, the Cook Islands’ biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties

USCGC Harriet Lane Conducts Maritime Law Enforcement Operations With Cook Islands Partners 

From Coast Guard 14th District External Affairs, June 16, 2025 RAROTONGA, Cook Islands – The U.S. Coast Guard concluded bilateral maritime law enforcement operations alongside Cook Islands law enforcement partners offshore Rarotonga Friday. The...

Cook Islands announces protection zone for migrating Oceania humpback whales

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown arrives at Tuurangawaewae Marae Photo: Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown has announced the creation of a zone to protect the migratory corridors of the endangered Oceania...

Strengthening crisis planning between Australia and Cook Islands

Australia’s Pacific Coordinator in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Crisis Preparedness and Management Branch, Angela Johnson (third from left), visited Rarotonga to enhance cooperation on crisis response and consular planning. She is...

'I will f****n' smash you': Kāinga Ora tenant evicted after threats, knife incident

One of the anti-social behaviour notices did not specify an approximate time of the incident and was dismissed. However, the tribunal considered and accepted Wood had repeatedly breached her obligation not to interfere with the reasonable peace...

Cook Islands not aiming to deport ‘all criminals’

Police raise red flags on gang influence in the Cook Islands

Cook Islands Police. The growing presence and influence of organised gang members from New Zealand with Cook Islands heritage is causing serious concern for local authorities, with Police confirming that the Cook Islands is one of the destinations...

US Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane and Cook Islands successful joint operation

From left, Bernnan Augustine, Bermy Ariihee, Sai Sarau and Tyler Broch. US Coast Guard and Maritime Cook Islands TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25061334 Two officers from the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) recently collaborated with the US Coast Guard in...

Senior Officers of Cook Islands Tanker Face Criminal Charges in Finland Cable Damage Investigation

Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has concluded its criminal investigation into the December 25, 2024 undersea cable damage incident in the Gulf of Finland, with senior officers of the tanker Eagle S now facing potential charges...

Cook Islands engages at global platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 in Geneva

Emergency Management Cook Islands Director John Strickland (far right) emphasised that “greater access to technology to support national-level efforts to strengthen resilience can help overcome some of our remoteness and connectivity challenges....

Cook Islands Rugby League tackles ball shortages with new partnership

Cook Islands Rugby League has secured a new sponsorship deal with TVATI, covering the full cost of 160 official balls for training and match for all grades from juniors to international every year for the next three years. Cook Islander Dr Graham...

Cook Islander recognised for services to sport and Pacific communities in NZ

Cook Islander Annie Scoon and Palmerston North MP, Cook Islander Tangi Utikere. Photo/Tangi Utikere Facebook/25060917 A Cook Islander’s remarkable journey has earned royal recognition for her services to sport and Pacific communities in Aotearoa...

Cook Islands creates Pacific’s first ocean protection zone for whales

Prime Minister Mark Brown with Sandrina Thondoo, director of Treaties, Multilaterals and Oceans Division at the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM/25060904 Cook Islands is creating the Pacific’s first...