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Cook Islands PM says a new constitutional agreement with NZ needs to reflect country's increasing independence
The Pacific nation's prime minister wants to reassess longstanding agreements with New Zealand, but Wellington is already ...
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Cook Islands to rework ties with New Zealand if new pact increases independence: Premier
The Cook Islands is now a much more independent country than it was in 1965,' Premier Mark Brown says amid tensions with ...
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Let’s do full independence!
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says he will only re-work constitutional ties with New Zealand if the new agreement makes it clear his country is now "more independent" - risking a fresh brawl ...
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New Zealand’s record of colonial oppression of the Cook Islands
Peters warned that if the Cook Islands opted for more independence, beyond the free association framework, its citizens would lose their New Zealand citizenship. This would call into question the ...
Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China
Around 400 demonstrators, led by opposition parties, assembled outside the Cook Islands parliament in capital Avarua on ...