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The Cook Islands, a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, have been closely tied to New Zealand for decades.

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The funding cut leaves the Cook Islands facing a sudden financial shortfall, prompting warnings that Wellington’s approach could backfire.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Harbin, China, February 2025 ...

The Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup, set to kick off in Fiji next week.

The Lane’s crew worked alongside the Cook Islands’ Ministry of Marine Resources to conduct fishery enforcement patrols in an operation that wrapped up Friday, Coast Guard officials said.

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in development funding to the Cook Islands after previously saying it was blindsided by the island nation’s deals with China earlier this year.

Major partner New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in aid to the Cook Islands, citing a “lack of consultation” over agreements struck with China in February.

WELLINGTON – New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on June 19, as the relationship between the two constitutionally linked countries ...

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