A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...

The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...

Australian deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has reaffirmed Australia's commitment to being the “partner of choice” for ...

The tiny nation of Cook Islands has delivered a significant blow to Australia’s efforts to counter China’s push into the ...

“Kiribati has clearly indicated who its preferred partners are in the region: Fiji, Nauru and then, of course, China,” Powles said. “Both New Zealand, as we’ve just seen, and Australia ...

Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to have its own passport.

Analysis: Small island states like the Cooks and Kiribati are not the only Pacific nations extremely exposed to the ...

New Zealand’s 2024 foreign policy embraced deeper security alliances, but economic dependence on China remained a persistent ...

The visit comes at a sensitive time as China vies for diplomatic ... the historic regional sway of the United States, New Zealand and Australia. A spokesman for New Zealand Foreign Minister ...

SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell on Monday after US President Donald Trump warned of imminent tariffs on ...