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Episode: Is New Zealand losing ground to China in Pacific relations?
Description: Tensions have emerged in recent weeks between New Zealand and several Pacific Island nations. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has been accused of ‘not properly consulting’ New Zealand on the country’s upcoming China deal – which is expected to be penned in Beijing this week. Meanwhile, NZ aid to Kiribati is under review – and Samoa has sought help from China in the aftermath of the Manawanui sinking last year. This all comes as the Trump administration has frozen aid to developing nations -- which some experts fear could push them closer towards China....