China, New Zealand and Cook Islands

China, the Cook Islands – and New Zealand’s struggle for influence in the Pacific
By signing a deal with Beijing, the Cook Islands is asserting its independence – in a stark challenge to New Zealand’s Pacific strategy.
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional arrangements with its Pacific neighbour.
New Zealand voices renewed concern as Cook Islands PM eyes agreement with China
New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with Wellington despite the two nations' constitutional ties.
New Zealand and Cook Islands fall out over China deal
The Cook Islands is hugely reliant on New Zealand under a longstanding "free association" agreement that provides it with defence and financial support. China's growing influence
Cook Islands’ ‘strategic’ deal with China angers New Zealand
The Cook Islands will this week sign a strategic agreement with China, in a move that has rattled the south Pacific country’s traditional partner New Zealand and deepened concerns about Beijing’s influence in the region.
New Zealand concerns mount as Cook Islands PM plans to sign agreement with China
Concerns are mounting in New Zealand as the Cook Islands’ Prime Minister travels to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with New Zealand, despite the two nations' constitutional ties.
'Beyond us': Solomon Islands govt steps in to handle Miss Pacific Islands controversy
The director of the Miss Solomon Islands Pageant has told RNZ Pacific that the controversy surrounding the 2025 Miss Pacific ...
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
Miss Pacific Islands pageant judge not allowed to leave Solomon Islands after alleged voting controversy
A judge at the centre of a voting controversy at the Miss Pacific Islands pageant is being held in the host country Solomon ...
Greenlanders explore Pacific Islands’ relationship with Washington
Greenland’s representative in the United States met recently with at least one ambassador from the Pacific Islands to learn ...
Fiji leader to press Pacific Islands concerns in Washington after U.S. aid frozen
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first ...
Japan Test-Fires New Ballistic Missile for Island Defense in Pacific
The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the ...
Another Pacific island is set to fall under Chinese influence
The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...
Chinese cargo ship runs aground on Russia’s Pacific region of Sakhalin but no spill reported
Part of Russia's Pacific island region of Sakhalin is on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off its southwest ...
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Japan tracks Russian spy ship near its southern islands for over a week
On Nov. 11, a Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine passed through the Soya Strait, which separates Japan’s northernmost main ...