Avarua township was alive with energy as well over a thousand people gathered to witness the vibrant float parade and ...

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs ...

Three of the Pasifika teams that will compete at the Netball World Youth Cup 2025 in Gibraltar have announced strong squads for the event. Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa have all named their squad, with ...

The Cook Islands had been administered by New Zealand since 1901, and in 1965, the two entered into free association. This means the island nation is self-governing, although New Zealand is ...

The Cook Islands, a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, have been closely tied to New Zealand for decades. Crumbling Partnership in the Pacific Though the Cook Islands govern their own ...

The Cook Islands, comprised of 15 islands located about 2,000 miles from New Zealand, were named after British explorer James Cook. They became independent in 1965, but the nation of 12,000 is ...

The Cook Islands, which has a population of about 17,000, is a self-governing chain of 15 islands in free association with New Zealand. Mr. Brown said it was very likely that the person had ...

The Cook Islands — a cluster of very tiny atolls and reefs in the vast expanse of the South Pacific — have never been on my bucket list of travel destinations.

The Cook Islands, one of the few places left in the world that had not reported any coronavirus infections, detected its first case on Sunday.

The Cook Islands, named after Capt. James Cook, the British explorer who visited the South Pacific area in the mid-1770s, became a self-governing territory in 1965 and has sought to rename itself ...

The Cook Islands was a British protectorate until 1901, when it was absorbed into the colony of New Zealand. It became self-governing in 1966 in “free association” with New Zealand, sharing a ...

In the Cook Islands, I soon learned, there is no traffic, people smile at one another and the air is scented with plumeria. Plus, for $53 a night, any guest can receive a royal welcome.