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New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China ...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China row
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New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made ...
Cook Islands aid row spotlights China’s Pacific outreach, New Zealand’s mounting unease
The funding cut leaves the Cook Islands facing a sudden financial shortfall, prompting warnings that Wellington's approach ...
New Zealand withdraws millions in aid from Cook Islands
New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a ...
Hawai‘i Public Radio9d
Pacific News Minute: New Zealand freezes millions in funding meant for Cook Islands
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands. The government is taking that action because of ...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China deals
New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation16d
New Zealand halts funding to Cook Islands over former colony's deepening ties with China - ABC News - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
While the Cook Islands is a self-governing country, New Zealand remains its largest funder, and has paused $16.9 million in funding to its former colony for development assistance this financial year.
SFGate16d
New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties - SFGATE
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.
Reuters17d
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China row
New Zealand suspended NZ$18.2 million in funding to Cook Islands Wellington concerned about Cook Islands' growing ties with China Funding will not resume until trust restored Freeze coincides with ...