New Zealand freezes millions in aid to Cook Islands over China ties - New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding ...

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

New Zealand is planning to nearly double defense spending to reach 2% of its GDP in the next eight years—a step that marks a ...

The recent arrival of a US warship in New Zealand is likely a result of improved ... said the visit spoke to the “deep ties” between Washington and Wellington. “Our partnership is rooted ...

VCG. At the invitation of Premier of the State Council Li Qiang, Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon will pay an ...

New Zealand's government has announced a halt to aid payments to the Cook Islands, a close Pacific partner, citing a dispute over agreements the island nation recently struck with China. The move ...

China is not interested in becoming "a new overlord", a researcher at a Beijing thinktank has told a conference in Wellington ...

Annual survey on Asian perceptions publishes latest findings as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon heads to Beijing for an ...

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 ...