Peters marks Cook Island anniversary with coded message: Don't risk it all on China

The 'right to choose' key to the Cook Islands-NZ relationship

New Zealand's foreign minister says Cook Islanders are free to choose whether their country continues in free association with New Zealand.

Peters marks Cook Island anniversary with coded message: Don't risk it all on China

Foreign Minister Winston Peters marked the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands’ free association with New Zealand with a speech detailing the success and...

Winston Peters delivers reminders to Cook Islands Govt

Foreign Affairs Minister says NZ “had a duty to act” if the Cook Islands Govt passed laws or took actions that “were offensive to NZ’s governing norms”.

‘Right to choose’ key to Cook Islands-NZ relationship, says Peters

By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist New Zealand’s foreign minister says Cook Islanders are free to choose whether their country continues in free association with New Zealand. Winston Peters made the comment at a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the constitution of the Cook Islands in Auckland today. Peters attended the community event hosted by the Upokina Taoro (East Cook Island Community Group) as part of an official conting…

“We are close family,” Winston Peters celebrates 60 years of free association with Cook Islands

Photo: Provided by NZ Minister Foreign Affairs Office. Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and Minister for Pacific Peoples were in Auckland this afternoon at Te Oro Music and Arts Centre in Glen Innes, to mark 60 years since the Cook Islands Constitution came into being. The event hosted by the Cook Islands Development Association of New Zealand also coincides with the start of Cook Islands Language Week celebrations. Delivering a speech…