Category : Opinion
Author: Thomas Manch

Defence Minister Andrew Little has told the nuclear powers that New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance is not “wishful thinking”, and the country will gear up to defend “our free and democratic way of life”.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132221789/andrew-little-tells-nuclear-powers-new-zealands-stance-isnt-just-wishful-thinking
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The Australian federal government has announced it will introduce legislation to ban Nazi symbols and the sale of goods-for-profit featuring Nazi symbols.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/491588/australia-to-ban-nazi-symbols-but-not-the-swastika-or-salute
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Category : Analysis
Author: Guy Faulconbridge

When Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24 last year, he called it "a special military operation" - a euphemism the Kremlin, Russian ministers and state media mostly stuck to, even coining a new Russian acronym, the "SVO".

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/491618/increasing-talk-of-war-in-russia-worrying-sign-of-escalation
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Category : Defence
Author: Lucy Craymer - Reuters

WELLINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - Historically high levels of attrition in New Zealand's Defence Force may be slowing as new cash pumped in to the Force delays resignations, New Zealand Defence Forces chiefs said on Thursday.

Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/early-signs-new-zealand-defence-force-attrition-slowing-chiefs-2023-06-08/
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Category : News
Author: Patrick Gower

A young Napier girl has been bullied so badly that she's had to leave school.

The 11-year-old was beaten up at her intermediate school in March while a group of students watched, filming the incident rather than stopping the vicious attack.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/06/paddy-gower-has-issues-students-pull-out-their-phones-rather-than-help-11yo-beaten-up-at-napier-school.html
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Category : News
Author: William Hewett

Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the destruction of the Russian-controlled dam, a human and ecological disaster that coincided with intensified efforts by Kyiv to retake territory seized by Russian forces.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/06/russia-ukraine-blame-each-other-for-destruction-of-nova-kakhovka-dam-as-it-swallows-towns.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Thomas Manch

Defence Minister Andrew Little has urged China to resume talking with the United States, and has declined a Chinese request for joint military exercises with New Zealand.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132228006/new-zealand-declines-chinese-request-for-joint-military-exercises-urges-talks-with-united-states
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Author: Thomas Manch

New Zealand has signed a military agreement with Japan to bolster co-operation in the Pacific, as the Asian power doubles its defence budget to deter threats from China and North Korea.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132231355/new-zealand-signs-military-agreement-with-japan
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