The Cook Islands prime minister has suggested a double standard after the New Zealand government cut its development assistance to the island over a China deal.

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

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown on Friday defended a string of contentious deals with China, saying they did not ...

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...

Cook Islands PM said the relationship between his country and New Zealand is defined by partnership, not paternalism. Read ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands. The government is taking that action because of ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on Aug. 26 ...

FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on ...

In December 2024, Prime Minister Mark Brown proposed issuing a unique Cook Islands passport;a move Wellington warned could ...

New Zealand says funding won’t resume until Pacific nation takes ‘concrete steps to repair relationship and restore trust’ ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown told lawmakers in Parliament on Thursday that the funding was “not halted, it’s paused,” and downplayed the significance of the amount frozen.

The Government is pausing $18 million in funding for the Cook Islands following their deals with China earlier this year.