Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

The Cook Islands is hugely reliant on New Zealand under a longstanding "free association" agreement that provides it with ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...

Philippine stocks, along with other Asian markets, declined Monday after President Donald Trump announced 25-percent tariffs ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian ...

MANILA: The Philippines and New Zealand have begun negotiating an agreement that would allow them to deploy troops on each ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...

Tensions have risen since Kiribati in 2019 switched ties from Taiwan to China and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing, including hosting ... However, officials in Wellington and Canberra ...