Cook Islands

A Google Maps pin identifying a private home as a mosque in Rarotonga has been removed after an 'amicable resolution' between the landowners and the occupiers of the property.

Health officials in the Cook Islands are taking steps to improve the health of the nation's youngest citizens, turning their focus to the critical first 1000 days of a child's life.

Cook Islands Prime Minister says most people on Rarotonga understand why a water tariff is needed, but people fighting the tax says it breaks a historic agreement with landowners. The...

However, Cook Islands health secretary Bob Williams says it was still premature to make any comments on the discussions.

Environmental lobby group Te Ipukarea Society says the Cook Islands government-led seabed mining consultation in Aotearoa "is a serious misrepresentation".

Cook Islands government has signed a superannuation agreement with Australia allowing returning Cook Islanders to retire and transfer their superannuation savings easily.

The Cook Islands' first and only mosque is quietly serving Rarotonga's Muslim community, reports Talaia Mika who followed a Google satellite map to find the local Islamic headquarters.

Mana Castledine kicked her way into the world, weighing only 653 grams and four months premature, after her mum, Louisa, was medevaced to Aotearoa. Audio

Public meetings will be held across Aotearoa starting on 17 November.

A foreign workers group is challenging why foreign workers who already hold valid work permits stamped in their passports, need to carry an additional visa letter for travel purposes.

The Cook Islands leader says new passport proposal will not impact ties with Aotearoa, but a New Zealand Foreign Affairs spoeksperson says it "would have implications". Audio

Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield says: "If Trump wins, it will push back on any progress that has been made in the climate change negotiations since he was last in office."

The proposal for a Rarotonga-Niue direct air link was first made in 2022 by Air Rarotonga after the Cook Island government reopened its borders.

The 'Keep Our Water Free' petition is requesting the collection, treatment and reticulation of water continue without tariffs and ongoing-charges to users.