The money is part of NZ $200 million directed to the Cook Islands by New Zealand over the past three years as part of an almost 60-year-old free association compact.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China. Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

The China-Cook Island's Comprehensive Strategic Partnership draws the island nation into a rising competition in the pacific between great powers.

The Cook Islands’ deepening economic ties with China are reshaping regional dynamics, challenging Australia and New Zealand’s traditional influence. While Chinese investments offer financial gains for ...

In short: Cook Island's Prime Minister Mark Brown says any new agreement with NZ can't "wind back the clock" to the colonial era. NZ and Cook Islands remain at loggerheads over contentious China deal.