China extends reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
The ‘Gulf of America’ Is an Admission of Defeat
Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is not triumphant but pathetic.
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New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over China
The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...
Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’
Hikers in New Zealand risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots.
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Stronger solidarity vs China in WPS
A Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (Sovfa) with New Zealand, which will be concluded this year, is the latest pact entered ...
A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice
The NT government has given billions of litres of water from the Roper River to irrigators. When will Australia start ...
Moa extinction: Human colonization sealed fate of New Zealand's giants, study shows
New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...