Pausing nearly $20 million in development assistance is “patronising” and “inconsistent with modern partnership”, Prime ...

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said today that Beijing had “no fundamental conflicts of interest” with New Zealand, as he ...

New Zealand on Thursday said it had paused a planned US$11 million development assistance payment for the next financial year ...

New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands in an escalation over the Pacific island nation's ties to China.

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, the government said Thursday, as relations ...

The Cook Islands prime minister has suggested a double standard, after the New Zealand government cut its development ...

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause funding to the Cook Islands until it can take a closer look at these deals.

New Zealand announced on Thursday that it was suspending NZ$18.2 million ($10.97 million) in budget funding to the Cook ...

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

Cook Islands journalist Rashneel Kumar says the Government was caught off guard - and he explained that it has tried to ease ...