The Pacific nation's prime minister wants to reassess longstanding agreements with New Zealand, but Wellington is already ...

Mark Brown is facing a motion of no confidence in parliament today after his controversial moves to have Cook Islands passport and sign deals with China.

The Cook Islands is now a much more independent country than it was in 1965,' Premier Mark Brown says amid tensions with ...

The Cook Islands recently unveiled the terms of its ... The deal, signed during a recent historic visit to China by prime ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters declared that Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown had flouted the “responsibilities and obligations” under the “free association” arrangement ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says he will only re-work constitutional ties with New Zealand if the new agreement makes it clear his country is now "more independent" - risking a fresh brawl ...

SYDNEY--Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said he would release soon the full details of a comprehensive strategic partnership deal signed between China and his country, which has raised ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed it during a visit to Beijing this month. It also gives few details on the partnership such as promised funding from China. Mihai Sora, director of the ...

The Cook Islands have led the charge in the pacific in LGBTQIA+ rights with their decriminalisation same-sex relationships - ...

Domestically, though, the deal was so unpopular it forced an unsuccessful attempt at a no-confidence vote in the Cook Islands’ Prime Minister Mark Brown. Not only do the Cook Islands offer ...