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

New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...

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Speaking out against China The clearest sign New Zealand is taking a different tack on China than some of its fellow Five Eyes countries came in April, when an opposition party MP announced she ...

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You can cancel a screening, but you cannot cancel a story whose time has come,’ ‘Food Delivery’ director Baby Ruth Villarama ...

New Zealand, with $219m, is the biggest contributor, but China, with $112m, is the second biggest source of the nation’s foreign assistance – more than twice Australia’s share.

New Zealand and China on Thursday signed agreements on trade and climate change, with human rights also on the agenda, during a trip by Premier Li Qiang, the highest level Chinese visit to New ...

Under Prime Minister Helen Clark, New Zealand in 2008 became the first developed country to sign a free-trade agreement with China. Today, China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner.

The leaders of China and New Zealand discussed on Friday the role of trade in boosting ties, while New Zealand also pressed its interests for peace and security in the Pacific, government statements ...

China is New Zealand's biggest trading partner and at the top of the export list is dairy. Farmers want to keep the status quo, but the country has a decision to make.

Speaking out against China The clearest sign New Zealand is taking a different tack on China than some of its fellow Five Eyes countries came in April, when an opposition party MP announced she ...