Cook Islands Trust Emerges as a Leading Tool to Shield Crypto From Lawsuits

Investors increasingly turn to Cook Islands trusts to protect significant crypto holdings from lawsuits and creditor claims.
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Pacific island office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'

Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the ...

'Lack Of Understanding' On Cook Islands-New Zealand Realm Relationship - Expert

An New Zealand academic says there is a lack of understanding on the details of Aotearoa's relationship with the Cook Islands. Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm ...
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New Zealand suspends Cook Islands funding over China ties

STORY: New Zealand has suspended millions in budget funding to the Cook Islands over that nation's growing ties with China. Tensions between the two escalated in February after Cook Islands Prime ...

Mark Brown says Cook Islands officials have engaged 'consistently' with New Zealand

The Cook Islands Prime Minister says ministers and officials have engaged "consistently" with New Zealand through every formal channel to address tensions with Aotearoa.

Air Rarotonga founder Sir Ewan Smith reflects on 50-plus years of Cook Islands aviation

Sir Ewan Smith recalled his decades-long journey from a teenage pilot in 1973 to leading one of the most important pillars of ...

The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran

A special Herald investigation has found the Cook Islands flag has flown on over 100 oil tankers accused of illicitly trading ...
Washington Blade

Cook Islands decriminalizes homosexuality

Lawmakers in the Cook Islands on Friday approved a bill that decriminalizes consensual same-sex sexual relations in the South Pacific country. The Cook Islands News reported the Crimes (Sexual ...

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ Journey Begins For Four Teams In The Cook Islands

Four nations have arrived in the Cook Islands for Round One of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ Oceania Qualifiers, beginning ...

Close contact of NZ measles case in quarantine in Cook Islands

A person travelling from New Zealand has been put under quarantine in the Cook Islands after being identified as a close ...

Rare 19th Century Cook Islands spears up for auction after being used to prop up beans in UK garden

Two Polynesian weapons dating back to the 1800s are up for auction in the United Kingdom - after years of being used to support beans in an English garden. The extraordinary discovery was made more ...
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The Cook Islands is looking for a new, less colonial name

The Cook Islands is searching for a new and less colonial name, ahead of a potential referendum on the issue in the former British possession. A committee tasked with finding a new name was given ...