In brief introductory remarks, Xi said now was a time to build on the two countries' past achievements and "strive for new ...

New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands in an escalation over the Pacific island nation's ties to China.

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who is on his first official visit to China, said the Cook Islands had not been transparent ...

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials in Wellington said Thursday ...

STORY: New Zealand has suspended millions in budget funding to the Cook Islands over that nation's growing ties with ...