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

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he had repeated in a phone call to Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown that he should discuss with New Zealand the contents of the so-called ...

It’s becoming harder to argue NZ shares common values and interests with the Trump administration, or that the alliance ...

The Foreign Minister's pushing back on suggestions our geopolitical stoush with the Cook Islands will impact our relationship ...

A Massey University security and defence observer says the New Zealand government's tactic of trying to punish partners over ...

Winston Peters has ruled out working with Chris Hipkins, the Labour Party leader, after the election. The New Zealand First leader made a similar call prior to the last election.

New Zealand’s government halted aid to close partner the Cook Islands on Thursday because of a row over agreements the ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says critics of the government's foreign policy reset are ill-informed and shouting ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the West is often too tough on China over freedom issues, given the country is lifting millions out of poverty. In his first major foreign policy ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, the government said Thursday, as relations ...

New Zealand halted NZ$18.2 million in funding to the Cook Islands following concerns over China's growing influence and a ...

The self-governing Cook Islands, a country of 17,000 people, has a “free association” relationship with its former colonial ...