Category : Opinion
Author: Lisette Reymer

The Prime Minister will not be visiting Ukraine during his time in Europe, with New Zealand turning down President Volodymyr Zelensky's invite for the second time. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/07/why-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-turned-down-ukrainian-president-s-invite-to-kyiv-while-in-europe.html
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Category : News
Author: Finlay Dunseath

Military light armoured vehicles seen travelling through Wellington on Friday are being transported to a large scale training exercise in Australia.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300923530/military-vehicles-spotted-on-wellington-roads-off-to-australia-for-large-exercise
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Category : News
Author: Lisette Reymer & Reuters

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of the Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters but dismissed speculation Vladimir Putin would have Yevgeny Prigozhin killed.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/07/wagner-chief-yevgeny-prigozhin-back-in-russia-belarus-alexander-lukashenko-says.html
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Category : News
Author: Rt Hon Chris Hipkins

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā rau rangatira mā.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Dr Richard Grant, Chair of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs - thank you for your welcome.

Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/prime-ministers-foreign-policy-speech-nziia
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Category : News
Author: Geoffrey Miller

ANALYSIS: Is New Zealand about to join 'NATO+'?

That seems to be the effective endgame, if reports ahead of New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' attendance at the NATO summit in Lithuania are anything to go by.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/07/geoffrey-miller-new-zealand-gets-ready-to-embrace-nato.html
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The headline of this article is a but dumb... NZ can not join NATO+ on any level...? NATO stands "North Atlantic Treaty Organization." Adding the + makes no difference and there is no NATO+. New Zealand is however a Major non-NATO ally or MNNA. There is a difference.

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Category : Defence
Author: KEN MORIYASU and TAKASHI TSUJI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/BRUSSELS -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will deepen collaboration with its four major partners in the Indo-Pacific region, simultaneously preparing bilateral cooperation documents with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, Nikkei Asia has learned.

Article: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/NATO-to-upgrade-ties-with-Australia-New-Zealand-South-Korea
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Category : Defence
Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — You fight with what you have, and the New Zealand Defence Force’s firepower is limited.

There are insufficient personnel to operate all the weapon systems in its inventory. Ships are mothballed, and although the first batch of new Bushmaster armored vehicles were delivered May 25 to Trentham Military Camp, Maj. Paul Napier of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps told Defense News that the Army lacks drivers.

Article: https://www.c4isrnet.com/interviews/2023/07/06/new-zealands-military-chief-talks-recruitment-drones-and-ukraine
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