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New Zealand and Cook Islands sign a defense pact, easing tensions over a China deal
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- Publisher
- NBC News
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/new-zealand-cook-islands-sign-defense-pact-easing-tensions-china-deal-rcna266525Accessed 22 September 2026
Editorial annotation
American journalistic reporting, consulted via citation, on Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown's February 2025 unconsulted strategic partnership agreement with China, the resulting more-than-a-year tension with New Zealand, and the eventual defence and security pact that eased it.