New Zealand voices renewed concern as Cook Islands PM eyes agreement with China
New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...
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 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 ...
Cook Islands PM aims to boost trade ties during China visit
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...
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 ...
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Marles reaffirms Australia’s role amid Cook Islands-China ties, U.S aid dreeze
Australian deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has reaffirmed Australia's commitment to being the “partner of choice” for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
The Cook Islands, part of New Zealands realm since 1965, have a unique self-governing status with New Zealand citizenship for ...
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NZ concerned as Cook Islands PM eyes China deals
New Zealand has repeatedly asked the Cook Islands to consult on the contents of agreements that Brown plans to sign with ...
Cook Islands’ ‘strategic’ deal with China angers New Zealand
Australia, New Zealand and the US have been moving to counter China’s growing strategic and diplomatic influence in the past three years by striking agreements with nations including Tuvalu, Nauru and ...