The Saturday Paper3h
‘Intense fighting’ threat if hostages not released
Cook Islands tension with New Zealand. Speech by exiled Bangladeshi leader sparks violence. Albanese and Trump talk tariffs.
The Diplomat5h
New Zealand’s Kiribati Aid Review Further Opens Door for Chinese Influence
New Zealand’s announced review of its development aid to Kiribati after a diplomatic rift between the two countries should ...
China set to extend reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
NZ Depends On The Rules-Based World Trump Is Dismantling Why The Silence?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' 2023 strategic foreign policy assessment,“Navigating a shifting world”, accurately foresaw a ...
The Economist1d
New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over China
The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...
Power Technology1d
TE Connectivity to buy Richards Manufacturing for $2.3bn
TE Connectivity has agreed to acquire Richards Manufacturing for approximately $2.3bn in an all-cash transaction.
Geopolitical Games In The South Pacific
When it comes to worries about Chinese influence in the Pacific, the recent rifts between New Zealand and two of our ...
Monocle1d
Explainer 454: New Zealand’s beef with its neighbours
Why has New Zealand fallen out with the Cook Islands and Kiribati? And what does China have to do with it? Andrew Mueller ...
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...
A rare diplomatic spat exposes growing pressures in the Pacific as US, China vie for influence
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...