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Author: Nick Cater

Jacinda Ardern was eight years old when the People’s Liberation Army rolled its tanks into Tiananmen Square, but this doesn’t excuse her speech to the Lowy Institute last week.

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Author: Christine Rovoi

The United States says a major military exercise under way in the Pacific is not designed to counter or threaten China, but to defend Taiwan, the democratic island that Beijing considers a breakaway province.

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A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years ago.

Rear Admiral Jean-Mathieu Rey told Tahiti-infos France has to look at going back to better armed ships with sonars, torpedoes, guns, and missiles.

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Author: Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern

Te whare e tu nei

Te marae e takoto ana, tena korua

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The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit has dropped further, with both the President of the Marshall Islands and the Cook Islands prime minister pulling out.

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Author: William Hewett

Associate Foreign Affairs and Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio believes New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific is strong enough to fend off the approaches of a powerhouse country like China. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/07/new-zealand-s-long-standing-relationship-cultural-ties-with-the-pacific-strong-enough-to-fend-off-china-says-associate-foreign-minister-aupito-william-sio.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

Making flood relief payments accessible to New Zealanders living in Sydney is a "return to a policy now grounded in fairness", Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says, after a "grossly unfair" approach under Australia's previous government.

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Author: Thomas Manch

EXPLAINER: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been travelling around Europe this past week talking about it. The United States has signed up New Zealand to an economic strategy for it. And it’s now a common feature of political-speak across the world.

But what is the “Indo-Pacific”?

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