The study, published in Current Biology, comes as the Pacific remains the global "ground zero" for the proposed industry.

As the Cook Islands embraces the burgeoning industry, deep-sea mining companies are becoming part of the community’s day-to-day. Can the country avoid the mistakes of resource extraction’s past? By ...

There are many great places to go for amazing views—Fiji, Bora Bora, Hawaii, the Caribbean—but what’s great about the Cook Islands is that it’s not as well-known, so the crowds that you find elsewhere ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation on matters including mining seabed minerals, after ...

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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 ...

The Cook Islands government is making an appeal to the public not to panic buy and only purchase the amount of fuel needed.

A civilian ship flying the flag of the Cook Islands was damaged as a result of the strike, while the crew was unharmed, the ...