The Cook Islands government will present a $336 million budget for the 2025/26 financial year next Wednesday, featuring increases in social welfare and allocations for education, police and health.

The Cook Islands is the chair for the Pacific Region’s Project Steering Committee (PSC), which has the largest portion of the GEF ISLAND fund. GEF ISLANDS is the largest singular project by the Global ...

The Cook Islands, a small island nation in the Pacific, faces significant challenges in managing its waste. With a population spread across 15 islands, including the most populated one, Rarotonga, ...

All four dengue cases reported in the Cook Islands have recovered, with only one new active case remaining, says Secretary for Health Bob Williams. Williams yesterday confirmed that the previously ...

Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI) has issued a warning to residents in the south coast areas of Rarotonga of potential strong currents and surges. Beach property owners and tourism operators ...

Cook Islands Police are awaiting the blood specimen results of a 19-year-old driver who is alleged to have crashed onto a power pole in Rutaki yesterday morning. Police media and strategic advisor ...

Prime Minister Mark Brown has congratulated Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his re-election. Brown said the people of Australia have spoken clearly – “choosing a steady hand, a fair go, ...

A 13-year-old was among three teenage drivers stopped by Cook Islands Police over the ANZAC long weekend, as officers carried out road checks and responded to several incidents across Rarotonga. In a ...

Major changes for Pacific Islanders applying for New Zealand visitor visas have been announced but opposition MPs say more needs to be done. From July, visitors from Pacific Islands Forum countries ...

Over the weekend, volunteers from Te Are Manu arrived to find a heartbreaking surprise – several young kittens had been dumped at the clinic while it was closed, writes Dr Rose Hasegawa, medical ...

Some of New Zealand's biggest exporters to the US are trying to come to grips with what exactly the Trump administration's new tariffs will mean to them. Goods from New Zealand will have a 10 percent ...

Fiji is set to be charged the most at 32 percent, with the US claiming this was a reciprocal tariff for the island nation imposing a 63 percent tariff on it. Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has ...