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New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China ...

In the Cook Islands, a nation that has experienced record tourism numbers, the tension between profit and preservation has ...

New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal with China. The tiny Pacific Island nation's leader, Mark Brown, is this ...

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...

The Cook Islands was within the New Zealand borders from 1901. In 1965, it became self governing but in free association with New Zealand. It is a realm country of New Zealand, along with Niue and ...

New Zealand has halted more than $18 million in development assistance to its realm country. But the island's prime minister ...

The news - amid a stoush over the region's relationship with China - only emerged as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ...

Cook Islands is self-governing but shares a military and passports with New Zealand. ... defended its partnership with the country of 15 islands and 15,000 people.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown told lawmakers in Parliament on Thursday that the funding was “not halted, ... defended its partnership with the country of 15 islands and 15,000 people.

Beijing, which said in February that the deals were not intended to antagonize New Zealand, defended its partnership with the country of 15 islands and 15,000 people.

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China. Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association ...