Tensions rise as New Zealand freezes millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over China deals - New Zealand says funding ...

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

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause ...

STORY: New Zealand has suspended millions in budget funding to the Cook Islands over that nation's growing ties with ...

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

New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with ...

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

WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced on Thursday (Jun 19) it was suspending NZ$18.2 million (US$10.97 million) in budget funding ...

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

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

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

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