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

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WELLINGTON – New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, it said on June 19, as the relationship between the two constitutionally linked countries ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China. Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association ...

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

China has been wooing Pacific Island countries with strategic partnership agreements. New Zealand has said it will pause funding to the Cook Islands until it can take a closer look at these deals.