Island time A walk in Atiu jungle feels like scuba-diving, says Jim Eagles.

Pacific-style hustle and bustle attracts Pamela Wade.

Danielle Murray falls under the spell of a remote atoll in the South Pacific.

A company established in the Cook Islands by a New Zealand lawyer is at the centre of a global investigation which has exposed the identities of thousands of people putting money into secretive overseas hideaways.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully will host Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna and two of his ministerial colleagues today for the second New Zealand-Cook Islands Joint Ministerial Forum.

Jim Eagles is surprised to find so many brightly coloured fish as he dives in one of the Cook Islands' new marine reserves.

Pamela Wade is glad she spent time in the Cook Islands exploring glorious Aitutaki.

Gifts for family sparked a career-change for Cook Island carver, writes Jim Eagles.

Cook Islanders are legitimate New Zealand citizens, so why can't retirees draw their pensions there, asks Peter Calder.

A New Zealand Army veteran has been refused a pension because he now lives in the Cook Islands.

Auckland Art Gallery's new exhibition celebrates the energy, range and relevance of Pacific Island artists in Auckland.

Spending time at a tumunu is a great way to meet Atiu locals, writes Jim Eagles.

Jim Eagles explores the island of Atiu's growing coffee industry.

Jim Eagles cannot resist when a pretty girl invites him on stage.

Concerted conservation efforts have led to the re-establishment of kura - a bird once common in the Southern Cook Islands - on the island of Atiu. The colourful lorikeet was hunted to extinction in the Cooks 200 years ago, but a population survived in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia and in 2007, 27 of those birds were gifted back to the Cook Islands.