While the spotlight is on NZ's dispute with the Cook Islands, a separate spat with a Pacific neighbour could have severe consequences ...

Separately, Peters also addressed tensions with Kiribati after its government cancelled a planned visit by New Zealand officials at short notice. Kiribati has also signed a series of bilateral ...

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 ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has called for a reset in government-to-government relations with the Cook ...

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

New Zealand wants to renegotiate its free association agreements with Cook Islands to secure increased transparency in its ...

The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...

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

Why has New Zealand fallen out with the Cook Islands and Kiribati? And what does China have to do with it? Andrew Mueller ...

New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, calls for a 'reset' in relations with the Cook Islands following agreements ...

Australia and New Zealand, the region’s biggest donors, have security concerns. Some pacts — including those Beijing signed with Solomon Islands and Kiribati — have never been publicly shared.