Tag: Chinese aid

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown hopes to have "an opportunity to talk" with the New...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the deal with China "complements, not replaces" the relationship with New Zealand...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga China has confirmed details of its meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown for the...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The country’s leading daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, screamed out this online headline by a columnist on February 10: “Should...

By Melina Etches of the Cook Islands News A motion of no confidence has been filed against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet following the...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist China and the Cook Islands' relationship "should not be disrupted or restrained by any third party", says Chinese Foreign...

The Cook Islands finds itself in a precarious dance -- one between the promises of foreign investments and the integrity of our own sovereignty....

RNZ Pacific A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its...

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across...

By Shayal Devi in Suva Fiji owes the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China about $374.9 million, states the Ministry of Finance’s government debt report for...

By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby It isn't every day that a doctor will follow up with a patient and check how he or...

By Mackenzie Smith and Toby Mann of ABC Pacific Beat Concerns have been raised about foreign influence in Pacific media after it was revealed Solomon...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent A senior Solomon Islands opposition MP has warned that the controversial security agreement with China could result in...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has denied allowing the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to establish a military base in the...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is "very little" reason for China to station military forces on Solomon Islands, describing developments...

ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis and Czeslaw Tubilewicz of the University of Adelaide The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara A team of four experts from China have arrived in Honiara for on-site feasibility studies on two projects amid the...

COMMENTARY: By Michael Field in Auckland China’s activities in the South Pacific are causing growing alarm in Washington, forcing US Secretary of State Antony...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Field in Auckland Within a day of the massive volcanic eruption that rocked Tonga and severed the archipelago's communications with the rest...