New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ row with the Cook Islands government in February was every bit as odd as his January quarrel with the President of Kiribati. It arose after the Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, announced that he was travelling to Beijing to sign an ‘action plan’ for a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ (CSP) with China.
The mercurial Peters interpreted this as a breach of the Cook Islands’ free association agreement with New Zealand, which requires ‘consultation’ over issues of foreign policy. Days later, the opposition in Rarotonga lodged a no-confidence motion alleging that . . .
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