New Zealand and Cook Islands fall out over China deal
New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal ...
China, the Cook Islands – and New Zealand’s struggle for influence in the Pacific
By signing a deal with Beijing, the Cook Islands is asserting its independence – in a stark challenge to New Zealand’s ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...
Another Pacific island is set to fall under Chinese influence
The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...
Keir Starmer's silence is deafening on disturbing global shift for Britain
Sir Keir Starmer proves with day after day of silence on this issue that he won't stick up for his own country.
New Zealand voices 'concern' as Cook Islands seeks China deal
New Zealand's Foreign Minister voiced "significant concern" on Sunday as close Pacific partner the Cook Islands prepared to sign a cooperation deal with China.
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Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for New Zealand to sit in the room with us’
The Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with China, which ...
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A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
though some suspected Beijing’s hand in the decision to leave, a claim China’s Foreign Ministry rejected as “completely groundless.” Pacific security partners Australia, New Zealand and ...