New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...

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Speaking out against China The clearest sign New Zealand is taking a different tack on China than some of its fellow Five Eyes countries came in April, when an opposition party MP announced she ...

Rather than falling victim to zero-sum illusions, the West must embrace the multiplex nature of Pacific diplomacy China's ...

New Zealand and China on Thursday signed agreements on trade and climate change, with human rights also on the agenda, during a trip by Premier Li Qiang, the highest level Chinese visit to New ...

The leaders of China and New Zealand discussed on Friday the role of trade in boosting ties, while New Zealand also pressed its interests for peace and security in the Pacific, government statements ...

Under Prime Minister Helen Clark, New Zealand in 2008 became the first developed country to sign a free-trade agreement with China. Today, China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner.

New Zealand’s economy may be one-seventy-seventh the size of China’s, but the relationship is important to Beijing, Xi told Hipkins. “It is necessary to continue to see each other as ...

China is New Zealand's biggest trading partner and at the top of the export list is dairy. Farmers want to keep the status quo, but the country has a decision to make.

Speaking out against China The clearest sign New Zealand is taking a different tack on China than some of its fellow Five Eyes countries came in April, when an opposition party MP announced she ...