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No need to give China heads-up over decision to halt Cook Islands funding - Luxon
RNZ
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June 19, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government saw no need to give China a heads-up over its decision to halt funding for the Cook Islands. Addressing reporters in Shanghai, Luxon made the comments hours after confirmation New Zealand had...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media after Cook Islands funding pause
RNZ
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June 19, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media on the second day of his trip to China. It comes hours after it became public New Zealand paused nearly $20m of core sector support funding for the Cook Islands, after its government signed...
New Zealand Freezes Aid to Cook Islands Over China Pact, Demands Restoration of Trust
Arise News
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June 19, 2025
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in aid to the Cook Islands following revelations of sweeping agreements between the Pacific nation and China deals that Wellington says it was never consulted on. The NZ$18.2 million (US$11 million)...
New Zealand halts millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over deals struck with China
The Guardian
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June 18, 2025
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials from the New Zealand foreign minister’s office has said. New Zealand,...
Jason Walls: Newstalk ZB political editor on New Zealand halting Cook Islands funding after China agreements
Newstalk ZB
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June 19, 2025
The Foreign Minister's pushing back on suggestions our geopolitical stoush with the Cook Islands will impact our relationship with China. Winston Peters this morning confirmed the Government's halted development aid to the Cooks, with his Ministry...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China row
KDAL - Minnesota
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June 18, 2025
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand announced on Thursday it was suspending NZ$18.2 million ($10.97 million) in budget funding to the Cook Islands, as the relationship between the two constitutionally linked countries continues to...
New Zealand halts funding to former colony the Cook Islands over China deals
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 19, 2025
New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with China. While the Cook Islands is a self-governing country, New Zealand remains its largest funder, and has paused $16.9...
New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Relations between the smaller Pacific island nations and their regional backers Australia and New Zealand have stumbled in recent years as Beijing vies to increase its sway in the region. The latest move by New Zealand was striking because it...
New Zealand halts millions in aid to Cook Islands over China deals
Cook Island News
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June 18, 2025
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left). NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (right- 1News). File photo. New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, citing a breach of trust and lack of consultation regarding...
New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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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 government budget document. It's likely to prove...
NZ pauses nearly $20m in funding to Cook Islands after China agreements
1News
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New Zealand has paused nearly $20 million in development assistance to the Cook Islands over its recent dealings with China. New Zealand raised concerns in February, after Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown travelled to China, prior to signing...
NZ pauses funding to Cook Islands after China agreements
1News
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New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands over its recent dealings with China. New Zealand raised concerns in February, after Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown travelled to China, prior to signing its Comprehensive Strategic...
Parliamentary rules clash over Cook Islands National Awards Bill
Cook Island News
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June 18, 2025
Opposition leader Tina Browne. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU / 2561620 Te Tango Raumaire o Avaiki: Cook Islands National Awards Bill 2025 is currently in Parliament and due for a second reading with a Certificate of Urgency. If passed the Act will establish...
Te Pāti Māori Stands With The Cook Islands
Scoop
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Te Pāti Māori is calling out the deep hypocrisy of a government that insists on sovereign trade relationships while denying them to our Pacific whanaunga. While Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is in China forging trade agreements with Māori...
Tensions rise as New Zealand freezes millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over China deals
The Independent
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June 19, 2025
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The Huddle: Was it a mistake for New Zealand to pull funding for the Cook Islands?
Newstalk ZB
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June 19, 2025
Tonight on The Huddle, Auckland councillor Maurice Williamson and Wellbeing Economy Alliance director Gareth Hughes joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! Farmers are up in arms over new changes to the FBT that...
New Zealand pauses Cook Islands funding over China deal stoush
The New Zealand Herald
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June 18, 2025
By Adam Pearse Deputy Political Editor·NZ Herald· 18 Jun, 2025 07:51 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listen Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now Save Share Share this article Copy...
Hawaii Coast Guard crew wraps up enforcement mission in Cook Islands
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 18, 2025
1/2 Swipe or click to see more AUSTIN WILEY / U.S. COAST GUARD / JUNE 7 A 26-foot over-the-horizon small boat carrying Coast Guard crew, two Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officers and a translator from the U.S. Marine Corps...
Decades of climate uncertainty: Cook Islands grower speaks
Cook Island News
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June 18, 2025
After more than 30 years of farming on her Takuvaine plantation, Jean Tekura Mason says climate change has disrupted everything she understood about farming. “I’ve been a planter, gardener for over 30 years basically and what I’ve noticed over...
USCGC Harriet Lane Conducts Maritime Law Enforcement Operations With Cook Islands Partners
Seapower Magazine
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June 17, 2025
From Coast Guard 14th District External Affairs, June 16, 2025 RAROTONGA, Cook Islands – The U.S. Coast Guard concluded bilateral maritime law enforcement operations alongside Cook Islands law enforcement partners offshore Rarotonga Friday. The...