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New Zealand's government halted aid to close partner the Cook Islands on Thursday because of a row over agreements the ...

The self-governing Cook Islands, a country of 17,000 people, has a “free association” relationship with its former colonial ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on Thursday, as the relationship ...

New Zealand's government has announced a halt to aid payments to the Cook Islands, a close Pacific partner, citing a dispute over agreements the island nation recently struck with China. The move ...

In January, New Zealand also halted new development funding to the Republic of Kiribati, an island in Micronesia. We “will also not consider significant new funding until the Cook Islands ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON--New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation’s leader, government officials ...

China tried to mislead foreign governments in 2024 by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the ...

Wellington - A Kiribati man who failed in a bid to be recognised as the world's first climate change refugee has been arrested in New Zealand and faces possible deportation next week, his lawyer said ...