Tag: Mark Brown
Cook Islands government to seek update on China’s naval exercises
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News
As concerns continue to emerge over China's "unusual" naval exercises in the Tasman Sea, raising eyebrows from...
Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government
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...
‘No areas of concern’, says Cook Islands PM on NZ’s China...
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...
‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark
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...
China deal ‘complements, not replaces’ NZ relationship, says Cook Islands PM
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...
China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...
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...
Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously
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...
Cook Islands opposition files no-confidence motion against PM
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...
China: Cook Islands’ relationship with Beijing ‘should not be restrained’
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...
Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the...
The Cook Islands finds itself in a precarious dance -- one between the promises of foreign investments and the integrity of our own sovereignty....
Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News
The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its...
Cook Islands govt fends off cyberattacks, passes bill to strengthen financial...
By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News
Significant attempts were made from overseas to hack into the government's central network a few weeks ago,...
Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum
COMMENTARY: By Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva
Regional leaders will gather later this month in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Tonga...
Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Suva
The high-level Pacific mission to New Caledonia will be a three person-led delegation and it is still...
PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair
By Pita Ligaiula in Tokyo
The Pacific Islands Forum hopes to send a high-level delegation to Kanaky New Caledonia to investigate the current political crisis...
New Caledonia violence ‘unfortunate’ but ‘not surprising’, says Pacific Forum chief
RNZ Pacific
Outgoing Secretary-General Henry Puna of the Pacific Islands Forum is "not surprised" with the violent unrest in New Caledonia which has shut down...
NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The New Zealand government has given its full blessing to Cook Islands and Niue establishing diplomatic relations with the...
Countdown starts as Japan poised to release first batch of treated...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Japanese government spokesperson says it is "not wilfully trying to divide the Pacific" over the Fukushima treated nuclear...
Rabuka, PIF ‘undermine credibility’ of Pacific experts over Japan’s nuclear waste...
By Aralai Vosayaco in Suva
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is disappointed with the Fiji government and Pacific Islands Forum’s endorsement of the Japanese...
Pacific Islands Forum chair ‘reassured’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the United States that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after...
Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader
RNZ Pacific
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has joined a growing list of Pacific leaders to object to the US$250 billion nuclear submarine deal...
Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is now "a family...