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

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

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

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific ...

A collection of 15 small islands and atolls, Cook Islands has a population of 15,000 and a large exclusive economic zone. It ...

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...

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

Freeze emerges as NZ's leader visits China. News of the 18.2 million New Zealand dollar ($11 million) funding halt Thursday only emerged when a Cook Islands news outlet saw its brief mention in a ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands. The government is taking that action because of ...

The money is part of NZ $200 million directed to the Cook Islands by New Zealand over the past three years as part of an almost 60-year-old free association compact.

New Zealand has paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year without consulting New Zealand.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made ...