Tensions rise as New Zealand freezes millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over China deals - New Zealand says funding won’t resume until Pacific nation takes ‘concrete steps to repair relationsh ...

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific ...

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

When team Cook Islands walks out during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, it will be led by two ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands. The government is taking that action because of ...

The Cook Islands have seen a few scams. But the most audacious modern scam involved the building of the Sheraton hotel at Vaima’anga on the south Coast of Rarotonga.

The Cook Islands leader said he trusted any agreements Luxon made in Beijing would “pose no security threat to the people of the Cook Islands” despite his government not knowing their content.

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

Cook Islands PM said the relationship between his country and New Zealand is defined by partnership, not paternalism. Read ...

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Hono­lulu-based CGC Harriet Lane and its crew recently concluded a nine-day operation in the Cook ...

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

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