WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand and Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact Thursday, easing more than a year of tension between the Pacific nations over Cook Islands' deepening ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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, ...

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 ...

Rail Minister Winston Peters has also confirmed KiwiRail will operate the ferries.

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.” ...

New Zealand’s attempts to “coerce” the Cook Islands over its relationship with China will not work, Prime Minister Mark Brown said in an interview aired on Cook Islands Television last week. He said ...