China set to extend reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
The Economist1d
New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over China
The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...
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Backlash grows to Cook Islands PM's plan for China pact
Mark Brown is facing calls to apologise or quit as Cook Islands Prime Minister over his secretive plans to grow ties with ...
Newsroom1d
Cooks and China partner on undersea exploration for lucrative critical minerals
Analysis: This is no mere holiday snapshot – this is the Cooks PM discovering China's seabed mining expertise, writes ...
Newsroom2d
Peters would never dare use such a tone talking to bigger nations
Analysis: Small island states like the Cooks and Kiribati are not the only Pacific nations extremely exposed to the ...
spectator.com.au2d
What does China want with the Cook Islands?
Diplomatic storm clouds are gathering around the Cook Islands, a picturesque tourist destination in the South Pacific known ...
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...
ABC Radio Australia is now on-air in the Republic of Kiribati
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's international radio service, ABC Radio Australia is now available on 92.3FM for residents across the Tarawa atoll in the central Pacific island nation.
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From New Zealand realm to sovereign recognition: understanding the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million ...
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Why a China deal has set off a Cook Islands-New Zealand spat
With tensions mounting, we break down what the proposed deal between China and the Cook Islands is all about, why New Zealand ...
China says a visit by Cook Islands' prime minister isn't meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands’ prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip stirring up a diplomatic spat between the ...