Since 2018, the United States has worked, albeit often haltingly, to regain its footing with Pacific Island countries. It's done this largely by ...

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WELLINGTON – New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on June 19, as the relationship between the two constitutionally linked countries ...

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The money is part of NZ $200 million directed to the Cook Islands by New Zealand over the past three years as part of an almost 60-year-old free association compact. The links demand consultation ...

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

A 'GAP IN UNDERSTANDING' The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand, and Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens.

New Zealand said the Cook Islands did not properly consult on the documents ahead of the signing, thereby breaching the arrangement between the two countries. Anna Powles, associate professor in ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made ...

In a report tabled in the Cook Islands Parliament this week, the Public Accounts Committee registered “concern” about a reduction of 10 million New Zealand dollars ($6 million) in the ...