The announcement came Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump's latest escalation of his tariff threat against Canada.

Teariki Heather warns the minimum wage increase from NZ$9.50 to $10 from 1 July could harm the people the minimum wage policy ...

The funding cut leaves the Cook Islands facing a sudden financial shortfall, prompting warnings that Wellington's approach ...

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46 percent of respondents to a Taxpayers' Union-funded Curia poll believe Cook Island citizens should no longer have automatic access to New Zealand passports or citizenship. Pacific security expert ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown both have a difference of opinion on the level of consultation required between the two nations on such matters. "There is no ...

The Cook Islands prime minister has suggested a double standard, after the New Zealand government cut its development ...

Cook Islands is self-governing but shares a military and passports with New Zealand. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown told lawmakers in Parliament on Thursday that the funding was “not halted, ...

New Zealand has halted funding to the Cook Islands over what it considers the small Pacific nation's deepening ties with China.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said in February that its deals with China were based on his country's "long-term interests" and tried to reassure its neighbours Australia and New Zealand that ...

In February, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed a "comprehensive strategic partnership" with China, said he had not consulted with New Zealand over the deals or ensured shared interests ...