The Cook Islands is hugely reliant on New Zealand under a longstanding "free association" agreement that provides it with ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

New Zealand is taking too hasty and too abrasive an approach to Pacific islands, putting leadership in the region on edge. We ...

Diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand is growing. Here's what it's about, what China has to do with it, ...

Trump's alarmed the world with trade tariffs, turning off aid and proposing to take over Gaza. But New Zealand's had ...

New Zealand, along with Australia and the United States, have become increasingly concerned about China’s growing presence in ...

WELLINGTON--New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation’s leader, government ...

Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to have its own passport.

The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...

Could New Zealand’s relationships with its Pacific neighbours be in jeopardy – and is China ready to take full advantage? Tensions have emerged in recent weeks between New Zealand and several Pacific ...