Category : News
Author: Alexa Cook

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met with New Zealand counterpart, Nanaia Mahuta, in Wellington today.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/australia-s-penny-wong-says-partnership-with-new-zealand-indispensable-following-meeting-with-nanaia-mahuta.html
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia has work to do "as a member of the Pacific family".

Wong met with New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta in Wellington on Thursday, as the pair reiterated the closeness of the trans-Tasman relationship.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/16/pacific-a-priority-as-mahuta-meets-oz-foreign-minister/
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Author: Sam Sachdeva

As China starts to train Solomon Islands police following a controversial security pact between the two countries, New Zealand is working on a defence deal of its own, Sam Sachdeva reports

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-solomons-security-deal-in-development
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Author: Jamie Ensor
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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