Wellington decided earlier this month to suspend some $11m in core sector support funding for 2025-26 to the Cook Islands, saying such assistance “relies on a high-trust bilateral relationship”. “New ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Concerns are mounting in New Zealand as the Cook Islands’ prime minister travels to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with New Zealand, despite ...

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in development funding to the Cook Islands after previously saying it was blindsided by the island nation’s deals with China earlier this year. The deals ...