Category : News
Author: Jamie Ensor

The Foreign Affairs Minister has told her Chinese counterpart that Beijing's engagement in the Pacific must advance the region's priorities and support established institutions like the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/nanaia-mahuta-tells-china-that-engagement-in-pacific-must-advance-region-s-priorities.html
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Category : News
Author: Isobel Ewing

The Prime Minister's office billed it as a "minor" reshuffle - instead, Jacinda Ardern threw the pack in the air.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-cabinet-reshuffle-was-billed-as-minor-instead-she-threw-the-pack-in-the-air.html
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Category : News
Author: Geoffrey Miller

New Zealand’s defence minister, Peeni Henare, has had a very busy first half of the year.

In January, Henare was the face of New Zealand’s relief effort to Tonga, following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano.

Article: https://democracyproject.nz/2022/06/13/geoffrey-miller-why-is-new-zealands-defence-minister-visiting-south-korea/
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Category : Opinion
Author: Warrick Cleine

Former West Coaster Warrick Cleine lives in Vietnam and is a member of KPMG’s Global Council and Asia Pacific Board, and chairperson and CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia. He is also an Honorary Advisor to the Asia NZ Foundation. Views here are his own.

OPINION: China’s recent diplomatic foray into the South Pacific generated considerable media attention in New Zealand and Australia, with an outpouring of concern from foreign policy pundits in both countries.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/300604603/how-new-zealand-can-making-sense-of-chinas-pacific-foray
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Author: Kevin Norquay

Not for the first time NZ is competing for the affections of the Pacific as China cements its influence. Experts say it’s a critical time for diplomacy, writes Kevin Norquay.

We thought it was everlasting love.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300605177/red-flags-fly-as-china-charm-the-pacific-should-new-zealand-be-worried
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Author: Andrew Backhouse, news.com.au

China has hit out at New Zealand after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern released a joint statement with Washington on "shared concerns" about Beijing's influence in the Pacific. 

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/smearing-and-demonising-china-hits-out-at-nz-after-jacinda-ardern-and-joe-bidens-shared-concerns-statement/
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Category : Opinion
Author: TVNZ: 1News

Almost half of New Zealanders support the expulsion of the Russian Ambassador Georgii Viktorovich Zuev, the latest 1News Kantar Public Poll suggests, as the war in Ukraine rages on.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/01/poll-reveals-kiwis-thoughts-on-kicking-russian-ambassador-out-of-nz/
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