Cook Islands

The ruling party in the Cook Islands is confident it will survive a by-election next month and continue to govern.

The Cook Islands Ministry of Health is concerned about increasingly poor water quality in the country.

Two key measures have been put in place in the Cook Islands to prepare the country to withstand more intense cyclones.

The Cook Islands opposition says it wants immediate action on recommendations to improve prison services.

Health authorities in the Cook Islands say they would be unable to deal with cases that could come their way as a result of methamphetamine abuse.

The Cook Islands chief electoral officer says she is seeking legal advice on what happens now after a Court of Appeal voided last June's election in the Rakahanga electorate.

Law enforcement agencies in the Pacific must work with their international counterparts to police criminals deported to their birth countries, according to the Cook Islands Police Minister.

The Cook islands opposition Democratic Party looks to have had its numbers boosted with the party leader, Tina Browne, succeeding with her election petition on appeal.

Cook Islanders will welcome their new tribal leader in a traditional ceremony on Rarotonga today.

The Cook Islands is seeking legal redress for the work done by a Chinese company on the Rarotonga water supply system. Audio

The Cook Islands opposition wants a commission of inquiry into the problem-ridden the Te Mato Vai water system project.

The head of the Cook Islands climate change office says Pacific countries need better access to adaptation funding. Audio

The Cook Islands opposition MP Selina Napa has asked the government to reveal what changes are being planned for the Seabed Mining Act.

The Cook Islands' flagship vaka has become the first recipient of funding from a new US-based nonprofit dedicated to indigenous rights.

New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is happy for the Cook Islands to use some of its aid grant to repair a just installed water supply system.

Police in the Cook Islands are warning the country is heading for its worst year for road crashes and they have put out a call for people to take more care.