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Cook Islands aid row spotlights China’s Pacific outreach, New Zealand’s mounting unease
The funding cut leaves the Cook Islands facing a sudden financial shortfall, prompting warnings that Wellington's approach ...
Winston Peters tells MPs New Zealand 'not doing enough' on foreign affairs
Foreign Affairs is a portfolio that often receives bi-partisan respect. In an otherwise adversarial Scrutiny Week, Winston ...
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NZ halts Cook Islands aid over PRC row
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said yesterday, as the relationship ...
How China's Surprise ICBM Test Alarmed US Pacific Ally
The Chinese military has claimed that the ICBM test launch was a routine arrangement in its annual training plan.
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China downplayed nuclear-capable missile test, classified New Zealand gov’t papers show
China tried to mislead foreign governments in 2024 by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the ...
New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials in Wellington said Thursday ...
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Former New Zealand PM blames Cook Islands for creating a crisis
WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark believes the Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, caused a crisis ...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding in stoush over China
The news - amid a stoush over the region's relationship with China - only emerged as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ...
Middle East military action ‘extremely worrying’, but no call yet on bombing – Peters
New Zealand is yet to give its view directly on the US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities, the Foreign Minister waiting to ...
New Zealand pauses Cook Islands funding over deepening China ties
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, the government said Thursday, as relations ...
NZ pauses Cook Islands funding over China deal stoush citing ‘gap in understanding’
New Zealand is pausing its funding to the Cook Islands in the wake of a controversial deal signed between China and the Cook ...
New Zealand freezes funding to Cook Islands over closer China ties
The Cook Islands is one of New Zealand’s closest allies in the Pacific. Wellington controlled the territory, which has a population of about 27,000, until 1965. The countries now have a “free ...