New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made ...

New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...

New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with ...

The self-governing Cook Islands, a country of 17,000 people, has a “free association” relationship with its former colonial ...

"Funding relies on a high trust bilateral relationship," Winston Peters says. "New Zealand hopes that steps will be taken ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on Thursday, as the relationship between the two constitutionally-linked countries continues to deteriorate ...

New Zealand has halted more than $18 million in development assistance to its realm country. But the island's prime minister ...

Cook Islands PM said the relationship between his country and New Zealand is defined by partnership, not paternalism. Read ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon brought up New Zealand’s frustrations over China’s engagement with the Cook Islands in his ...

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause ...