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 ...

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, 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.

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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.

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 ...

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

New Zealand has for a long time benefited from a close relationship with China. Throughout the last decade the two countries have phased in the provisions of a free trade deal agreed to in 2008.

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 ...

Overall, New Zealand’s ambiguous China strategy was successful in 2021. But as this week showed, the stakes are getting higher and higher.

New Zealand has had strong economic ties with China in recent years and was the first developed country to sign a bilateral free trade deal with Beijing in 2008. The two countries expanded that ...

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 ...