WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China ...

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

New Zealand cancelled its visit to Kiribati because Winston Peters specifically wanted to meet with President Taneti Maamau Kiribati MP Ruth Cross Kwansing says the cancelled trip had nothing to ...

Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to ...

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has not managed a meeting with Kiribati President Taneti Maamau since returning to office in 2023. A spokesman for Peters said in an email late on ...

The unusual move to review all finance to Kiribati was prompted by the abrupt cancellation of a planned meeting this month between President Taneti Maamau and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston ...

Winston Peters, also New Zealand’s foreign minister, put tens of millions of dollars in assistance for Kiribati under review after President Taneti Maamau pulled out of a planned meeting ...