Cook Islands signs strategic agreement with China
The tiny Pacific nation’s partnership agreement with China was signed amid a furious diplomatic row with New Zealand, its ...
Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...
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NZ concerns: Is Cook Islands-China deal shipshape?
A $3m ship deal is among the early examples of how a polarising pact between the Asian superpower and a Pacific partner will bear fruit ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands - Beijing’s growing influence in the South ...
2021 police shooting of Winston Smith justified, Hennepin County attorney says
After reviewing video recovered from Winston Smith’s phone, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office agreed with earlier ...
After second review, prosecutors will not charge federal task force members who killed Winston Smith
An investigation into the U.S. Marshals task force that shot and killed Smith was reopened after state investigators took ...
More than 200 jobs to be axed as Kinleith Mill closes paper division
Staff says it's "a sad and upsetting" day for workers and the town.
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
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Winston Peters defends Christopher Luxon’s Waitangi Treaty destination decision
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has hit back against criticism directed at NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon after the PM was accused of opting out of attending the Waitangi ...