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New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China.
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 ...
Cook Islands chides ‘patronising’ New Zealand’s aid pause over China deals
New Zealand on Thursday said it had paused a planned US$11 million development assistance payment for the next financial year. It provided NZ$194 million (US$116 million) to the Cook Islands over the ...
The Manila Times on MSN16d
China deals no threat to Cook Islands sovereignty
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown on Friday defended a string of contentious deals with China, saying they did not "compromise" the Pacific island nation's sovereignty. The agreements prompted ...
朝日新聞社17d
New Zealand, the Cook Islands’ biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on Aug. 26 ...
The NZ-Cook Islands fallout
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has slammed New Zealand for what he calls a "patronising" approach over its China deal ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution17d
New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on ...
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New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties | Ap-world - WFMZ
FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on ...
Houston Chronicle17d
New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on ...
SFGate17d
New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties - SFGATE
FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on ...
Los Angeles Times17d
New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Aug. 26, 2024. (Charlotte Graham-McLay / Associated Press) ...