Australia and PNG are to begin negotiations on a defence treaty in a move that could have major implications for national ...

The Australian navy is shadowing Chinese warships 150 nautical miles east of Sydney, the furthest China’s navy has sailed ...

Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes ...

The news that Cook Islands will sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with China has attracted significant attention.

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...

The Cook Islands, a nation of 17,000 people spread across the South Pacific, holds strategic significance beyond its size.

As Pacific nations move closer to NZ’s chief strategic adversary in the region, the Government looks at how it can more ...

Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze has stopped vital projects in the south Pacific, risking lives and hurting US efforts to ...

Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...

The tiny Pacific nation’s partnership agreement with China was signed amid a furious diplomatic row with New Zealand, its ...