Cook Islands

The revived Cook Islands Games is on the homeward stretch, with beach volleyball the latest of 16 sports to kick-off yesterday.

The Cook Islands is expecting a formal declaration of its sea borders to help in the battle against illegal fishing.

An investigation by the Cook Islands financial watchdog is currently underway into a major government contract for the island of Penrhyn that was tendered earlier this year.

The Cook Islands government has created an advisory committee to provide community perspectives on the controversial issue of seabed mining.

The new Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, has allocated Cabinet posts, giving himself 17 portfolios.

A Cook Islands group protesting against the government's plans to use chemicals to purify Rarotonga's water supply, has called on the Speaker, Niki Rattle, to resign. Audio

The Cook Islands could remove quarantine restrictions for people travelling from New Zealand as soon as next week. Audio

Aitutaki are the early leaders after the first full day of competition at the Cook Islands Games.

The Cook Islands prime minister says he expects quarantine-free travel with New Zealand to be in place by December.

The just retired prime minister of the Cook Islands says he's left office ruing the lack of progress on signing up to the United Nations.