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Christopher Luxon raises Cook Islands impasse with Chinese Premier
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon brought up New Zealand’s frustrations over China’s engagement with the Cook Islands in his ...
Watch: Preparing for the biggest Cook Islands festival in Aotearoa
Te Maeva Nui NZ is seen as the largest Cook Islands cultural festival outside of the Cook Islands. Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor went ...
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USCG Cutter Harriet Lane and Cook Islands Team Up to Combat Illegal Fishing in Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Operation
USCG Cutter Harriet Lane and Cook Islands enforce maritime laws, inspect six vessels, and find one suspected violation in EEZ ...
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Cook Islands – trouble in Paradise as Wellington pulls the plug
In December 2024, Prime Minister Mark Brown proposed issuing a unique Cook Islands passport—a move Wellington warned could ...
PM expected to 'set the record straight' in China over Cook Islands dispute
The island nation signed a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, without reference to New Zealand, despite our two ...
Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark blames Cook Islands for creating a crisis
Helen Clark says the Cook Islands government entered into a strategic partnership with a major power nation - China - without ...
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Hawaii Coast Guard crew wraps up enforcement mission in Cook Islands
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Hono­lulu-based CGC Harriet Lane and its crew recently concluded a nine-day operation in the Cook ...
'Caught off guard': Expert reacts after NZ pauses funding to Cook Islands
Cook Islands journalist Rashneel Kumar says the Government was caught off guard - and he explained that it has tried to ease ...