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Air Rarotonga is to provide medical evacuations in the Cook Islands using its own jet by early August.

The stalled Te Mato Vai water project on Rarotonga will be held up until landowners have their day in court according to a Cook Islands government official.

Land issues have halted the $US40 million Te Mato Vai water project in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, with the contractors leaving the project.

Samoa expect to be at full strength for next month's Olympic men's sevens qualifier in Monaco.

The first ever samples of New Zealand seeds to be stored in the Arctic's underground global seed vault are arriving at the Svalbard archipelago today.

New Zealanders are being warned to stay a safe distance from yellow-bellied sea snakes after one washed up on a Taranaki beach.

Divisions in the Cook Islands over a controversial fishing deal have reached a new peak with opposition MPs asking a Swedish politician to talk to the European Union on their behalf.

The tourism industry in the Cook Islands has welcomed an increased capacity on flights to North America.

The Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce says it wants Aitutaki's airport brought up to international standard.

The Panama Papers stormed back into the headlines this week after a team of New Zealand journalists scanned the raw data - and then a summary was published online for the world to see. Mediawatch …

Residents on a remote Cook Islands atoll are talking of taking legal action against a shipping company over what they describe as "appalling" conditions of a trip to Penrhyn last month.

OPINION: Overblown rhetoric on the Panama Papers from the Prime Minister's enemies has again made them look ridiculous, writes Matthew Hooton.

The Cook Islands tourism sector says the government has to step up and build a reticulated sewerage system for Rarotonga.

Strong winds and heavy rain will continue to batter the lower half of the country through until about lunch time, the Metservice says.

OPINION: Has there really been any impact on New Zealand's reputation from the Panama Paper chase? Toby Manhire and Toby Morris look at the evidence.

The Cook Islands government has hit back at comments from the anonymous leaker of the so-called Panama Papers who described the country as a 'financial fraud Mecca'.

Cook Islands police have outlined plans to take tough action over driver behaviour on Rarotonga.

Police from around the region have gathered in Pohnpei for a workshop aimed at improving how they deal with gender violence and discrimination against women.