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When the Cook Islands was granted “internal self-government” in 1965—while still remaining a New Zealand colony—Albert Henry’s Cook Islands Party won the territory’s first election.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown addresses the media during a press conference of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Bonn, Germany, October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo ...

Opposition has grown in the Cook Islands to any threat its pacts with China pose to close ties with New Zealand, and Brown’s government faces a no-confidence vote in parliament due after Feb. 25 ...

Brown’s refusal to show New Zealand officials the text of the China deal ahead of his trip prompted censure from Wellington this month. And about 400 people protested at the Cook Islands ...