Category : Opinion
Author: 1News Reporters

The coalition Government’s foreign policy represents the most significant shift in New Zealand's stance in a generation, a leading news magazine suggests.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/23/govts-foreign-policy-stance-huge-pivot-international-media/
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Category : News
Author: Phil Pennington

New Zealand spy agencies and the government are tight-lipped about being caught up in a leak of top secret documents that assessed Israel's plans to attack Iran.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531474/risks-of-sharing-military-linked-intel-raised-by-top-secret-document-leak
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Category : Opinion
Author: Jo Moir

There is no reason the findings of a Court of Inquiry into the Manawanui sinking could not to be made public, Foreign Minister Winson Peters says.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/530314/manawanui-sinking-peters-expects-inquiry-findings-to-be-made-public
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Category : Opinion
Author: John MacDonald

I think we need to see the New Zealand Navy ship sinking as a wake-up call. Not the sinking itself, but what it’s going to mean for our Navy and our wider defence force.   

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-lets-not-keep-running-down-our-defence-force/
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Category : News
Author: Phil Pennington

Defence officials say they have not consulted with industry and academics about participating in AUKUS Pillar Two.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529357/industry-academics-not-yet-consulted-on-aukus-pillar-two
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Category : Analysis
Author: Maiki Sherman

The coalition Government has claimed that Labour led the work to explore joining AUKUS Pillar Two with the release of previously unseen cabinet documents from the previous government on Friday.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/08/02/govt-claims-documents-prove-labour-began-aukus-consideration/
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 Helen Clarke is so far behind the times... she is a has been... saying we don't need AUKUS pillar II, we don't need deployments to South china sea. Well we do need deployments to south china sea, even if it is to stop the North Koreans and their sanctions, but also to stop China from trying to control international waters which will hinder all trade that ships through that area...

Get with the times...

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Category : Analysis
Author: Lillian Hanly

A series of exchanges about the AUKUS security pact, from New Zealand and Australian defence and Foreign Affairs, has been revealed in newly released documents.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523994/official-aukus-documents-outline-timeline-of-new-zealand-s-understanding-and-position-on-pillar-two
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Category : Opinion
Author: Craig McCulloch

Defence Minister Judith Collins' office tried to keep secret the Defence Force's criticism of another minister's comments about boot camps, new documents show.

Collins' office wanted the rebuke redacted from an email which was to be released under the Official Information Act (OIA), but the NZDF sent the original draft copy instead, seemingly by mistake.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527459/minister-tried-to-hide-nzdf-criticism-of-boot-camp-comments
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