2 days ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation’s leader, government officials said.. The unusual move to review all finance to Kiribati was prompted by the abrupt cancellation of a planned meeting this month between President Taneti Maamau and New Zealand ...

2 days ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation's leader ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation's leader ...

2 days ago · "It's certainly true that there are difficulties in the relationship between Wellington and Kiribati, and indeed between Canberra and Kiribati ever since Taneti Maamau switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019," Victoria University's professor in comparative politics Jon Fraenkel said.

2 days ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation's leader ...

3 days ago · Peters had been due to meet with Taneti Maamau last Tuesday and Wednesday, in what was to be the first trip by a New Zealand foreign minister to Kiribati in five years, and part of his effort to visit every Pacific country early in the government's term. Kiribati has been receiving increased aid from China in recent years.

2 days ago · The New Zealand government said it is reviewing its development aid programme with the Pacific nation of Kiribati after the country's president cancelled a meeting with New Zealand’s foreign...

2 days ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation's leader ...

Aug 23, 2024 · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the tiny Pacific Island nation until next year and has cancelled some already planned, because it is in the midst of an election process that could run for several more months, an official said Thursday.

2 days ago · Foreign Minister Winston Peters has hit back at comments by the Kiribati education minister that the nation's leader, Taneti Maamau, had a pre-planned commitment, which resulted in him snubbing the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister.. Peters revealed that the government is reviewing its development aid programme - worth more than NZ$100 million between 2021-2024 - in the Micronesian island ...