The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...
Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square kms (1.4 million square miles) has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including ...
Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned 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 ...
New Zealand is taking too hasty and too abrasive an approach to Pacific islands, putting leadership in the region on edge. We ...
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has called for a reset in government-to-government relations with the Cook ...
New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, calls for a 'reset' in relations with the Cook Islands following agreements ...
Some pacts — including those Beijing signed with Solomon Islands and Kiribati — have never been publicly shared. “The reason that this one has been public I think is for the optics of the ...