New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the breadth and content of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with Chinese officials, officials from the New ...

New Zealand has paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year without consulting New Zealand.

WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced on Thursday (Jun 19) it was suspending NZ$18.2 million (US$10.97 million) in budget funding ...

New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence and foreign affairs. In the last three years, Wellington provided NZ$194m in ...

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

WELLINGTON--New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials from ...

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

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark believes the Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, caused a crisis for itself by not consulting Wellington before signing a deal with China.

New Zealand's government halted aid to close partner the Cook Islands on Thursday because of a row over agreements the Pacific island nation struck with China. New Zealand "paused" the payments and ...

New Zealand says funding won’t resume until Pacific nation takes ‘concrete steps to repair relationship and restore trust’ ...

A Massey University security and defence observer says the New Zealand government's tactic of trying to punish partners over ...