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A new poll by the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union shows almost half of respondents oppose the Cook Islands having automatic New Zealand citizenship.
New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...
The Cook Islands, amidst Chinese influence, signed strategic agreements with Beijing, echoing moves by Vanuatu and Solomon ...
The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook ...
As the Cook Islands marks six decades of self-government, a critical question lingers: Does our booming economy still need foreign aid? The answer may lie in the fine print of a decades-old agreement, ...
In just his first voyage with Endeavor, he charted the coastline of eastern Australia, and circumnavigated both New Zealand ...
In December 2024, Prime Minister Mark Brown proposed issuing a unique Cook Islands passport;a move Wellington warned could ...
The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with ...
The leaders of China and New Zealand discussed on Friday the role of trade in boosting ties, while New Zealand also pressed ...
Cook Islands government anticipated the multi-million-dollar core sector support funding ‘pause’ from New Zealand towards the ...
China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause ...