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

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a partnership agreement the tiny Pacific Island nation concluded with China in ...

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

This comes amid the Cook Islands' deepening ties with China. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

A Massey University security and defence observer says the New Zealand government's tactic of trying to punish partners over ...

New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with China.

WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark believes the Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, caused a crisis ...

Foreign Affairs minister Winston Peters informed the Cook Islands government of the decision in early June. However, it only became public on Thursday (June 19) after media reports in the Cook ...

News of the 18.2 million New Zealand dollar ($11 million) funding halt Thursday only emerged when a Cook Islands news outlet saw its brief mention in a government budget document. It's likely to ...

New Zealand "paused" the payments and would not resume them until the Cook Islands took "concrete steps" to restore trust, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.

Fresh funding will not be considered until the Cook Islands "takes concrete steps to repair the relationship and restore trust", said a spokesman for New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. The ...