New Zealand must ‘reset’ Cook Islands ties after China pact, foreign minister says
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...
What is the Cook Islands deal with China and what has worried NZ?
Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...
Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...
Explainer-What Is the Cook Islands Deal With China and What Has Worried NZ?
The country’s Seabed Minerals Authority estimates there are 6.7 billion tonnes of mineral-rich nodules on its sea floor, ...
Cook Islands and China sign five-year seabed exploration deal
The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...
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Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China
Around 400 demonstrators, led by opposition parties, assembled outside the Cook Islands parliament in capital Avarua on ...
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Cook Islands is gonna need a bigger boat – two of them
Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown thinks he’s going to need a bigger boat. And that’s partly true. But what he also ...
Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals
The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation’s seabed mineral riches. A copy of the deal showed it ...
The Taipei Times2d
NZ must ‘reset’ ties with Cook Islands: minister
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters yesterday said that his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook ...
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Cook Islands ‘always free to choose’ to be independent: New Zealand
Cook Islands is “always free to choose” to be independent of New Zealand, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Wednesday. The ...
What is the Cook Islands deal with China, and why is it spooking New Zealand?
Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this week, have raised concerns in ...