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New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made ...
New Zealand, the Cook Islands’ biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made ...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China deals
New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific ...
New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials in Wellington said Thursday ...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China row
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on Thursday, as the relationship between the two constitutionally-linked countries continues to deteriorate ...
Waatea News1d
Cook Islands – trouble in Paradise as Wellington pulls the plug
In December 2024, Prime Minister Mark Brown proposed issuing a unique Cook Islands passport—a move Wellington warned could ...
Reuters3d
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China row
New Zealand suspended NZ$18.2 million in funding to Cook Islands Wellington concerned about Cook Islands' growing ties with China Funding will not resume until trust restored Freeze coincides with ...
Hoodline1d
USCG Cutter Harriet Lane and Cook Islands Team Up to Combat Illegal Fishing in Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Operation
USCG Cutter Harriet Lane and Cook Islands enforce maritime laws, inspect six vessels, and find one suspected violation in EEZ ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation2d
New Zealand halts funding to Cook Islands over former colony's deepening ties with China
New Zealand has suspended its financial assistance to the Cook Islands, saying its former Pacific Island colony did not consult it before signing a deal with China. Wellington is the Cook Islands ...
The Hindu1d
New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties
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 the New ...
The Manila Times on MSN23h
China deals no threat to Cook Islands sovereignty
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown on Friday defended a string of contentious deals with China, saying they did not ...