The country’s Seabed Minerals Authority estimates there are 6.7 billion tonnes of mineral-rich nodules on its sea floor, ...

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

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

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...

The Cook Islands causes concern in New Zealand as it moves toward a possible collaboration with China on deep-sea mining.