Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who is on his first official visit to China, said the Cook Islands had not been transparent ...

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made ...

New Zealand has halted more than $18 million in development assistance to its realm country. But the island's prime minister ...

New Zealand has announced it halted millions of dollars in financial aid to the Cook Islands. The move comes amid Wellington's growing concern over the island group's deepening ties with China.

New Zealand has paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed ...

New Zealand is pausing its funding to the Cook Islands in the wake of a controversial deal signed between China and the Cook ...

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 ...

We “will also not consider significant new funding until the Cook Islands government takes concrete steps to repair the ...

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

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

New Zealand has halted $11m aid to Cook Islands after secretive China deals spark fears of growing regional influence ...

Cook Islands journalist Rashneel Kumar says the Government was caught off guard - and he explained that it has tried to ease ...