A recent deal between China and the Cook Islands has spurred protests in the Islands over controversial deep-sea mining provisions and what some residents perceive as threats to its close ties to New Zealand.
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00:00Hundreds of people in the Cook Islands have protested a deal between their government
00:04and China. The agreement covers controversial deep-sea mining and other economic partnerships
00:10and also emphasizes diplomatic ties, a point of contention, as protesters accused the Prime
00:16Minister of threatening relations with New Zealand.
00:20And I would say that the actions of our Prime Minister in the last three weeks has been
00:24someone of a person who owns, who thinks he owns our country as his own business. He's
00:29wheeling and dealing and making deals around the world that's affecting us, the people
00:34of the country. We've got no idea.
00:37Opposition parties will hold a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Mark Brown's government
00:42next week.