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The links demand consultation by Cook Islands leaders with Wellington on agreements with other countries that might affect New Zealand. The pacts with China were the first serious test of those rules.

Beijing, which said in February that the deals were not intended to antagonize New Zealand, defended its partnership with the country of 15 islands and 15,000 people.

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