Foreign Minister Winston Peters expresses concern over Pacific nation’s independent plans, including a proposed pact with Beijing.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all ... Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China ...

While New Zealand has been a long-standing development partner, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has not managed a ...

WELLINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters ... has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years, including hosting Chinese police. While New Zealand has been a long-standing development partner, New ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...

However, officials in Wellington and Canberra have expressed ... Kiribati switched its allegiance from pro-Taiwan to pro-Beijing in 2019, joining a growing number of Pacific nations to do so.