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Tuesday 25 February 2025 | Written by Talaia Mika | Published in National, Parliament
Prime Minister Mark Brown in Parliament on February 24, 2025. TALAIA MIKA/25022415
Cook Islands Prime Minister has hit out at the New Zealand media and experts for their ‘ludicrous’ and ‘ignorant’ perspectives on the Cook Islands’ recent deals with China, implying they view the island nation as ‘too dumb’ to understand the implications of its own decisions.
Cook Islands Prime Minister has hit out at the New Zealand media and experts for their ‘ludicrous’ and ‘ignorant’ perspectives on the Cook Islands’ recent deals with China, implying they view the island nation as ‘too dumb’ to understand the implications of its own decisions.
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Comments
GM Hu on 26/02/2025
Chinese naval vessels, including warships, have been hosted in New Zealand ports over the years ... another example of colonial double standards
graham roper on 25/02/2025
As one of the dumb people PM Brown refers to, then the answer to question “ will the Chinese Warship or other Chinese Naval vessel be paying a good will visit to Rarotonga.? No reply so far from the PM which is an indicator of some truth in question.