New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China ...

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The leaders of China and New Zealand discussed on Friday the role of trade in boosting ties, while New Zealand also pressed ...

Tensions rise as New Zealand freezes millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over China deals - New Zealand says funding won’t resume until Pacific nation takes ‘concrete steps to repair relationsh ...

Luxon made explicit at the NATO summit that he fully supports the war in the Ukraine against Russia while doubling NZ’s ...

New Zealand's latest move also comes as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is on an official visit to China, where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.Peters' spokesman said he was ...

New Zealand leader’s China trip focuses on trade and tourism, but differences over Pacific island ties cast a shadow.

In 2008, for example, New Zealand and China signed a free trade agreement, one of Beijing’s first with a Western state. Since then, China has become New Zealand’s main trading partner, ahead ...

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands. The government is taking that action because of ...

Beijing, which said in February that the deals were not intended to antagonize New Zealand, defended its partnership with the country of 15 islands and 15,000 people.

Beijing, which said in February that the deals were not intended to antagonize New Zealand, defended its partnership with the country of 15 islands and 15,000 people.