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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
China could be major beneficiary of New Zealand's move on Cook Islands - security expert
A Massey University security and defence observer says the New Zealand government's tactic of trying to punish partners over ...
New Zealand pauses Cook Island aid over China deals
China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause ...
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 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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NZ halts Cook Islands aid over PRC row
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said yesterday, as the relationship ...
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 ...
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 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 ...