Category : News
Author: Emile Donovan

New Zealand and Australia have expressed concern over a new security deal between China and Solomon Islands. The Detail takes a closer look at whether that concern is warranted, or whether it's geopolitical business as usual.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018836909/should-nz-be-worried-about-the-china-solomons-security-deal
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Category : News
Author: Geoffrey Miller

Analysis - New Zealand's lock-step response with Australia to a new security deal between Solomon Islands and China shows just how much has changed over the past year.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/464311/new-zealand-s-australia-friendly-response-to-china-solomon-islands-security-deal
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Category : News
Author: Zane Small

If the centre-right wins in 2023, ACT promises to pause minimum wage hikes, reverse sick leave increases and the upcoming benefit boost, and scrap either the new Matariki holiday or another public holiday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/act-s-pledge-to-reverse-sick-leave-pause-minimum-wage-hikes-scrap-extra-public-holiday-and-benefit-boost.html
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Category : News
Author: Russell Palmer

New Zealand will need to send a strong signal to other Pacific Islands after China's overtures to Solomon Islands, Minister of Defence Peeni Henare says.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/464208/new-zealand-must-send-strong-signal-to-pacific-over-china-defence-minister-peeni-henare
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New Zealand will need to send a strong signal to other Pacific Islands after China's overtures to Solomon Islands, Minister of Defence Peeni Henare says. Bit late the barn doors wre left open and the horse has bolted...

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Category : Analysis

The government is yet to decide if it will withdraw the Defence Force from the Solomons if troops or police from China are stationed there, the prime minister says.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/464155/government-unsure-on-keeping-nz-presence-in-solomons-if-china-troops-arrive
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Category : Opinion
Author: Craig McCulloch

The New Zealand First leader's comments follow revelations Solomon Islands is negotiating a security deal with China. Under the terms of a leaked draft agreement, Beijing could be allowed to base warships less than 2000km off Australia's east coast.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/464099/china-solomons-deal-winston-peters-says-nz-must-try-much-harder-in-pacific
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