An New Zealand academic says there is a lack of understanding on the details of Aotearoa's relationship with the Cook Islands. Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm ...

New Zealand said on Thursday it would strengthen economic and diplomatic ties with Niue, a self-governing island nation in "free association" with it, after their leaders met in Auckland. The move ...

STORY: New Zealand has suspended millions in budget funding to the Cook Islands over that nation's growing ties with China. Tensions between the two escalated in February after Cook Islands Prime ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials ...

The Cook Islands Prime Minister says ministers and officials have engaged "consistently" with New Zealand through every ...

In a clear and deliberate diplomatic snub, the New Zealand government boycotted celebrations in the Cook Islands on August 4 marking 60 years of “self-government in free association with New Zealand.” ...

People from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau are New Zealand citizens, creating strong familial and economic connections. The Cook Islands and Niue have the right to conduct their own foreign ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

Two climbers fell to their deaths while two others were rescued on New Zealand's tallest mountain Aoraki Mt Cook, police ...