“Both New Zealand, as we’ve just seen, and Australia ... the Pacific only accounted for 7% of oversees funding to the region in 2022, according to the Lowy Insitute’s Pacific Aid Map.

it's not there to make New Zealand rich, it's not there to make Australia rich." According to the Lowy Institute, the United States spent about $3 billion in the Pacific region over the past ...

Pacific allies ... preferred partners are in the region: Fiji, Nauru and then, of course, China,” Powles said. “Both New Zealand, as we’ve just seen, and Australia have had challenges ...

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Pacific allies don’t usually air their dirty laundry in public. But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati ... the vast waterways between Asia and the Americas.

On 31 January 2024, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins met with their Australian counterparts in Melbourne for the inaugural Australia and ... economic environment of ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he had not been consulted on the moves by the Cook Islands, a small, self-governing Pacific nation that has a “free association” with New Zealand.

New Zealand has become increasingly cautious about China’s growing presence in the Pacific region and the potential threats it poses to the country’s national security. Prime Minister ...

One of three subregions of the larger Wairarapa region, Martinborough has literally nothing but over 4,000 miles of frigid Pacific Ocean ... are cooler than other New Zealand regions ...

New Zealand has become increasingly concerned about China's growing presence in the Pacific region and the threats it poses to the country's national security.

Around 94,000 Cook Islands Maori live in New Zealand and over 7,000 live in Australia. Under the 2001 Joint Centenary Declaration, the Cook Island's is able to interact with the international ...