Cook Islands

The controversial cautionary approach taken by the Cook Islands government to implement a 'double quarantine' on returning residents has been backed by the Opposition leader.

The Cook Islands government is warning of enforcement action after reports of some businesses exploiting a wage subsidy to effectively get free labour.

Despite pleas from stranded Cook Islanders waiting to head home from New Zealand, the first batch of travellers facing 'double quarantine' rules are to check into an Auckland hotel on Friday.

Cook Islands police have praised swift work by investigators and community support following a rare machete robbery on Rarotonga late yesterday.

Cook Islands police are investigating what could be the country's first recorded machete robbery.

Two more opposition MPs in the Cook Islands parliament have joined their leader Tina Browne in voluntary pay cuts.

The Cook Islands government is under pressure to ease rules that people returning from overseas must spend two spells in quarantine.

The Cook Islands Opposition is calling on the government to take a pay cut, to show its solidarity with people suffering due to the Covid-19 threat.

The Cook Islands has been declared free of Covid-19, allowing churches to reopen this weekend.

The Cook Islands government has ordered an extensive clean-up programme after the number of dengue fever cases doubled in March.

The future of rugby unions in the Pacific remain uncertain as they seek guidance from World Rugby amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

As it tries to cope with coronavirus crisis, the Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister says the country has enough cash reserves to last six months, then it will be looking for donor help and loans.

The Cook Islands' top Health official says the country is doing all it can to avoid the scenario of sending Covid-19 patients to New Zealand.

Hundreds of Cook Islands residents caught between the New Zealand lockdown have been told to stay where they are for now.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Cabinet are to decide tomorrow whether to accede to a Cook Islands supervised quarantine centre in Auckland.

Tourism operators on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands are facing the reality that they may not be open for business before the end of the year, a resort owner says.