Development allowance paused after Cook Islands signs wide-ranging trade and transport deals with Beijing
Development allowance paused after Cook Islands signs wide-ranging trade and transport deals with Beijing
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New Zealand halts funding for Cook Islands over China deals
New Zealand halts millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over deals struck with China
New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties
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Wellington says the Cook Islands must take concrete steps to "repair" their relationship.
Wellington says it has paused payment of some funding until Pacific island nation takes steps to ‘repair the relationship and…
New Zealand freezes funding to Cook Islands over China agreements, demanding relationship repair and trust restoration.
Wellington urged its neighbour to ‘take concrete steps to repair the relationship and restore trust’.
Agreement comes after Wellington halted millions in aid to its former colony after Cook Islands formed strategic partnership with…
Prime Minister Mark Brown said the agreements did not ‘compromise’ his country’s sovereignty.
