From The Detail: As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and NZ is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese...

Details of an 'action plan' are released – but NZ says it must see more The post NZ concerns: Is Cook Islands-China deal shipshape? appeared first...

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Comment: New Zealand’s trade with China is slowly contracting. What explains the decline and will it reverse? The post NZ should be worried about...

New Zealand is mulling its next move in a desire to avoid further partnership breakdowns that risk national security interests The post NZ set to...

The US is ‘a big supertanker that doesn’t turn easily’, a former consul says The post Ex-diplomat: NZ shouldn’t ‘catastrophise’ over...

An NZ-run programme has been caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity The post US sponsorship of Pacific...

Tensions between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea have been making more headlines in 2025 after escalating alarmingly last...

BNZ says it isn’t completely banning lending to petrol stations, but maintains its rationale to limit exposure is commercial, not ideological The...

Proposal to protect 70 percent of sea mounts in South Pacific was harpooned by NZ after election of Shane Jones The post US and Aus unite against NZ...