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 ...
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Backlash grows to Cook Islands PM's plan for China pact
Mark Brown is facing calls to apologise or quit as Cook Islands Prime Minister over his secretive plans to grow ties with ...
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
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 ...
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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 ...
How passports and a deal with China have put New Zealand at odds with its former colony Cook Islands
Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to ...
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Australia, NZ dollars fall as Trump ratchets up tariff threat
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‘Strategic failure’: Secret China deal raises new fears in the Pacific
The tiny nation of Cook Islands has delivered a significant blow to Australia’s efforts to counter China’s push into the ...
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Why a China deal has set off a Cook Islands-New Zealand spat
With tensions mounting, we break down what the proposed deal between China and the Cook Islands is all about, why New Zealand ...
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New Zealand must balance alliances with autonomy
New Zealand’s 2024 foreign policy embraced deeper security alliances, but economic dependence on China remained a persistent ...
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A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
“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 ...