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

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

New Zealand's latest move also comes as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is on an official visit to China, where he will meet ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, the government said Thursday, as relations ...

This comes amid the Cook Islands' deepening ties with China. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New Zealand freezes funding to Cook Islands over China agreements, demanding relationship repair and trust restoration.

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

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

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause funding to the Cook Islands until it can take a closer look at these deals.

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

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 ...

New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands in an escalation over the Pacific island nation's ties to China.