The post critiques the government's decision to pause funding to the Cook Islands, highlighting concerns over a China agreement violating free association principles and the poor timing of the move during the PM's visit to China.
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Now, the spat between New Zealand and the Cooks is officially over. Winston Peters and the Prime Minister of the Cooks have signed a new defence and security declaration, which is more comprehensive than the last one. It makes it clear that both sides have to give each other a heads up on security issues, which is obviously what the spat was about in the first place. Also means our funding to the Cooks will start flowing again. Mark Brown is the Prime Minister of the Cooks. Hi, Mark.
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positive reconciliation through security alignment
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