The Diplomat2d
Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
New Zealand must ‘reset’ Cook Islands ties after China pact, foreign minister says
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...
U.S. News & World Report12d
Factbox-Where Is the Cook Islands and What Is Its Relationship With New Zealand?
Factbox-Where Is the Cook Islands and What Is Its Relationship With New Zealand? WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 ...
asiapacificreport.nz12d
Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
The Cook Islands finds itself in a precarious dance — one between the promises of foreign investments and the integrity of ...
The Independent11d
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... paid for by those who can afford it. Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown’s Beijing visit this week – the first by ...
WTOP News12d
China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
BEIJING (AP) — China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip ...