The neighboring government would need to analyze the contents of the pact released on Monday and its implications for New Zealand and the people of the Cook Islands, whose government it intends ...

“While the connection between the people of the Cook Islands and New Zealand remains resolutely strong, we currently face challenges in the government-to-government relationship,” he said.

Details of the pact remain scant, raising questions in New Zealand, with which the Cook Islands, home to a little over 15,000 people, maintains free association, sharing a head of state and ...

Nearly 100,000 people who identify as Cook Island Maori live in New Zealand currently. According to New Zealand's foreign ministry, New Zealand has a constitutional obligation to respond to ...

A separate passport and citizenship is only available to fully independent countries, Wellington says New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands to introduce a separate passport for ...

The neighbouring government would need to analyse the contents of the pact released on Monday and its implications for New Zealand and the people of Cook Islands, whose government it intends to ...