The island nation signed a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, without reference to New Zealand, despite our two ...

Simmering in a tropical heat, the Cook Islands gently sizzles the senses. It starts before touchdown when that aerial view ...

Asia-Pacific region, including Aitutaki, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua ...

the Southern Cook Islands, which includes the more accessible Rarotonga and Aitutaki, and the remote Northern Cook Islands, made up of low-lying coral atolls. Cook Islanders have their own Māori ...

The Cook Islands was a logistics base for the Allied forces in the Pacific in World War Two. The United States built airstrips in Penrhyn in the Northern Cooks and Aitutaki Island in the Southern ...

Photograph by Adrienne Pitts Tapuaetai (One Foot Island) is one of 15 islets in the Aitutaki atoll. The clear, blue waters of the lagoon are home to green and hawksbill turtles as well as eagle ...

San Nicolas Island is possibly the most well-known of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California — even though it’s completely off-limits to visitors and doesn’t appear ...

Back to Seattle’s water front last week came the story of another Pacific island paradise* known to a few fortunate U.S. fighting men. This heavenly spot is Aitutaki, one of the Cook Islands ...

Aitutaki is the fifth largest of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific and has some of the most breathtaking beaches in the world. Travellers can immerse themselves among the beauty by snorkelling ...

Lounging chairs wait for visitors on the beach at Aitutaki Lagoon Resort & Spa in Aitutaki, Cook Islands, June 2006. (AP Photo/Christina Almeida, File) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- South ...