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The Cook Islands government won't compromise the well-being of its people for economic gains, says prime minister Henry Puna.

A Cook Islands government official says the roads in Rarotonga are long past their use by date and resealing is vital.

The Cook Islands Prime Minister, Henry Puna, will lead a delegation to Wellington later this week to strengthen relationships with the New Zealand government.

The New Zealand government is to pay its aid to the Cook Islands directly into the country's national budget.

The Cook Islands government is looking at how the new legislation on medicinal cannabis will work in practice.

The wife of the former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna is the latest member of the country's parliament.

The Cook Islands High Court is set to hear an application aiming to stop more purse seiners fishing in the country's waters.

Tourism planners in the Cook Islands will have to start focussing on having visitors stay longer and spend more.

The Cook Islands parliament is to meet from today for just the second time this year, and local reports say the sitting may last only three days.

A senior government minister in the Cook Islands says he believes this year's election will focus around infrastructure development.

The Cook Islands government's executive council has allocated an additional $1.3 million US dollars to pay for new coins and to top up the civil list budget.

The Democratic Party of the Cook Islands is backing a call by some Pacific countries and civil organisations for a 10-year moratorium on any seabed mining activity.

A Cook Islands Government financial manager has been exposed in a report tabled in Parliament.

A senior official in the Cook Islands Government has appeared in court after refusing a breath alcohol or blood test.

The Oceania Regional Qualifier for the netball World Cup gets underway tomorrow in New Zealand and the coach of the Cook Islands is predicting a close fought tournament.

The Cook Islands could see a radical change in the way domestic violence is dealt with if the Family Law Bill is passed in Parliament.

New Zealand has marked 50 years of special relations with the Cook Islands with a grant to rebuild one of the country's main schools.

The Cook Islands is set to ban imitation tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes, and will raise the smoking age from 18 to 21. Audio

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has added the names of six Cook Islanders to its records.

A Cook Islands pensioners' group says it will continue to march in protest at the taxation of their New Zealand pensions.

The Cooks Islands is providing wrap-around support to the women detected as the first Covid-19 cases in Rarotonga.

Medicinal cannabis products could be available to some people in the Cook Islands as early as June and will "definitely" be available by the end of the year says the country's secretary of health. Audio