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Cook Islands PM: ‘If we can’t get help from NZ, we will go somewhere else’
By Teitimoana Tairi, Cook Islands News Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown defended the nation's new strategic partnership ...
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🌍 China’s secret island grab? Cook Islands defies NZ, risks becoming Beijing’s next money trap victim
The Cook Islands, a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, have been closely tied to New Zealand for decades.
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Cook Islands aid row spotlights China’s Pacific outreach, New Zealand’s mounting unease
The funding cut leaves the Cook Islands facing a sudden financial shortfall, prompting warnings that Wellington's approach could backfire What began as a quiet series of infrastructure deals between ...
Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations
Cook Islands secretary of culture says, "For the first time in a long time, we are able to bring all our people together for ...
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New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the "breadth and content" of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, ...
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Cook Islands forms committee to shed colonial title, rename after ...
The Cook Islands, comprised of 15 islands located about 2,000 miles from New Zealand, were named after British explorer James Cook. They became independent in 1965, ...
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Cook Islands confirms first coronavirus case - The Washington Post
The Cook Islands, one of the few places left in the world that had not reported any coronavirus infections, detected its first case on Sunday. Prime Minister Mark Brown said in a briefing Sunday ...
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A remote island nation confronts its first confirmed coronavirus case ...
The Cook Islands, which has a population of about 17,000, is a self-governing chain of 15 islands in free association with New Zealand. Mr. Brown said it was very likely that the person had ...
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Cook Islands decriminalizes homosexuality - Washington Blade
The Cook Islands News reported the Crimes (Sexual Offenses) Amendment Bill 2023 removes a provision of the Crimes Act 1969 that had punished homosexuality with up to five years in prison.
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Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand ...
WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) The ...
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On the way to New Zealand, a Cook Islands sojourn is an unexpected ...
The Cook Islands would be my lily pad: 10 hours from Los Angeles to Rarotonga (the largest of the 15 Cook Islands) and then, after a couple of relaxing days recovering from jet lag, ...