WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand and Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact Thursday, easing more than a year of tension between the Pacific nations over Cook Islands’ deepening ties ...

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China’s extensive use of coercive statecraft in the Indo-Pacific has extended to New Zealand and, not unlike its effect in neighboring Australia, has negatively impacted New Zealanders’ views of China ...

Debate over foreign policy independence influenced New Zealand’s international agenda in 2024. The new coalition government strengthened strategic relations with traditional allies but struggled to ...

On the face of it, New Zealand’s positive placing in a newly-released scorecard of perceived corruption seems reassuring. The country remains among the world’s least corrupt in the latest Corruption ...