In 1860, Captain Sinclair of the American schooner “Wamp” recruited four Polynesian men and six Polynesian women at Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands, and shipped them to Koloa Plantation to labor in the ...

“Happy Te Maeva Nui!”—a cheerful phrase that echoed across the Cook Islands as the nation celebrated 60 years of independence with reed dances, float parades, and choir performances. For a week, Kapa ...

A newly improved edition of the Cook Islands Māori Bible is scheduled to be released at the end of the month in New Zealand. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

A standoff between New Zealand and the Cook Islands reflects an urgent question in the Pacific: Is China a threat or a partner for growth? By Victoria Kim Reporting from Wellington, New Zealand Every ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the constitutional relationship with New Zealand still serves their future. From ...