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New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who is on his first official visit to China, said the Cook Islands had not been transparent ...
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Pacific News Minute: New Zealand freezes millions in funding meant for Cook Islands
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands. The government is taking that action because of ...
New Zealand halts funding to Cook Islands over former colony's deepening ties with China
New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with ...
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 ...
Explainer: Why has New Zealand paused funding to the Cook Islands over China deal?
New Zealand has halted more than $18 million in development assistance to its realm country. But the island's prime minister ...
New Zealand suspends Cook Islands funding over China ties
STORY: New Zealand has suspended millions in budget funding to the Cook Islands over that nation's growing ties with ...
New Zealand withdraws millions in aid from Cook Islands
New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...
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 ...
Cook Islands PM decries New Zealand’s ‘patronising’ aid pause
Cook Islands PM said the relationship between his country and New Zealand is defined by partnership, not paternalism. Read ...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding in stoush over China
New Zealand has paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed ...
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New Zealand halts aid to Cook Islands over China deals
New Zealand's government halted aid to close partner the Cook Islands on Thursday because of a row over agreements the ...
New Zealand freezes funding to Cook Islands over closer China ties
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 ...