!["News organisations don't often end up in court for [defamation], but when they do it's big news."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Defamation-case-TVNZ-680wide--218x150.png "Mediawatch: Talley’s vs TVNZ in defamation confrontation")
Tag: Traditional ties
‘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...
!["News organisations don't often end up in court for [defamation], but when they do it's big news."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Defamation-case-TVNZ-680wide--100x70.png "Mediawatch: Talley’s vs TVNZ in defamation confrontation")
