February 11, 2025 1:59pm by David Farrar

Clark vs Mahuta

Helen Clark and Nanaia Mahuta see the Cook Islands issue very differently (not the first time they’ve had a very big disagreement) pic.twitter.com/JQAZ8DLNEG
— henry cooke (@henrycooke) February 10, 2025

A remarkable tweet from Labour’s former Foreign Affairs Minister backing the right of the Cook Islands to sign any agreement they want with China without even consulting New Zealand (which they are part pot the Realm Of, and have citizenship of).

Helen Clark correctly points out that the 2001 agreement (and she was the PM then) requires consultation. So we have Mahuta saying the Cook Islands is right to ignore an agreement made with New Zealand.

Thank goodness Mahuta is no longer Foreign Minister. She seems to be an advocate against New Zealand, rather than for it.

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