A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

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

China, seeking to redevelop a disused U.S. World War Two airfield in Kiribati, has become a major development partner to the atoll nation since it switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan in 2019.

Why has New Zealand fallen out with the Cook Islands and Kiribati? And what does China have to do with it? Andrew Mueller ...

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about ...

Analysis: Small island states like the Cooks and Kiribati are not the only Pacific nations extremely exposed to the ...

President Joe Biden talks with Kiribati's President Taneti Maamau as they stand for a family photo with Pacific Islands Forum leaders at the White House in Washington, in 2023 (AP) Winston Peters ...

A New Zealand-born Kiribati MP has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between Wellington and Tarawa, ...

New Zealand is taking too hasty and too abrasive an approach to Pacific islands, putting leadership in the region on edge. We ...

New Zealand, along with Australia and the United States, have become increasingly concerned about China’s growing presence in ...

“Kiribati has clearly indicated who its preferred partners are in the region: Fiji, Nauru and then, of course, China,” Powles said. “Both New Zealand, as we’ve just seen, and Australia ...