Development allowance paused after Cook Islands signs wide-ranging trade and transport deals with Beijing

Wellington says it has paused payment of some funding until Pacific island nation takes steps to ‘repair the relationship and restore trust’

Wellington urged its neighbour to ‘take concrete steps to repair the relationship and restore trust’.

New Zealand freezes funding to Cook Islands over China agreements, demanding relationship repair and trust restoration.

Wellington says the Cook Islands must take concrete steps to "repair" their relationship.

Assertive move against historic ally coincides with PM Christopher Luxon’s visit to China

Development allowance paused after Cook Islands signs wide-ranging trade and transport deals with Beijing

Prime Minister Mark Brown said the agreements did not ‘compromise’ his country’s sovereignty.