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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 ...
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, 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's latest move also comes as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is on an official visit to China, where he will meet ...
New Zealand suspends Cook Islands funding over China ties
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on Thursday, as the relationship ...
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 ...
NZ pauses Cook Islands funding over China deal stoush citing ‘gap in understanding’
New Zealand is pausing its funding to the Cook Islands in the wake of a controversial deal signed between China and the Cook ...
New Zealand suspends US$10.97 million Cook Islands funding over China deal
We “will also not consider significant new funding until the Cook Islands government takes concrete steps to repair the ...
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 ...
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 ...
New Zealand freezes Cook Islands financial aid over China ties
New Zealand has announced it halted millions of dollars in financial aid to the Cook Islands. The move comes amid Wellington's growing concern over the island group's deepening ties with China.