New Zealand, Feb. 12 -- Cook Islands deputy Prime Minister Mark Brown says the Pacific nation support's New Zealand Government Pacific 'reset'.

Opening the inaugural Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) CEO's Summit in Auckland Tuesday, Brown says the process to 'shift the dial' on New Zealand's foreign policy direction in the Pacific is a great move.

"My Government committed to engage proactively in the process.

"To be frank, I anticipate that it will not unduly change the way that the Cook Islands works, but it may have an impact on the way New Zealand engages with the Pacific region, depending on the translation of the commitment into the Pacific reset and the shifting the dial.

"I stress this as it relates to traditional donor-re...