New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...

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 funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening 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 paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed ...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters informed the Cook Islands government of the decision early this month, but it only became public on June 19 after a Cook Islands news outlet saw its brief ...

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

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

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the breadth and content of agreements the ...

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

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

Helen Clark says the Cook Islands government entered into a strategic partnership with a major power nation - China - without ...