The deal: Nonstop round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Rarotonga of the Cook Islands in Polynesia for $840 per person on Air New Zealand (includes taxes). When you’ll go: From Aug. 10 to Nov. 16, ...

French Polynesia and the Cook Islands this month created adjacent shark sanctuaries spanning 2.5 million square miles of ocean, a move that reflects a growing trend to protect sharks worldwide and ...

Paul Gauguin Cruises has presented a number of 2028 voyages across the South Pacific and French Polynesia that are available ...

The US is formally establishing diplomatic relations with a pair of Pacific Island nations Monday, recognizing the Cook Islands and Niue for the first time. The recognition comes as President Joe ...

As the Cook Islands embraces the burgeoning industry, deep-sea mining companies are becoming part of the community’s day-to-day. Can the country avoid the mistakes of resource extraction’s past? By ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Cook Islands in the South Pacific has approved a shark sanctuary in its waters, helping create the largest such sanctuary in the world, officials said.