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Parent Category: News

Category: Politics

Published: 06 April 2025

Category : News

Author: Niva Chittock

The New Zealand government said it granted consent for a Chinese research vessel to undertake joint marine research in New Zealand waters - the same one the Australian Prime Minister said he'd prefer not to have in his country's waters.

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• China expansion
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Read more: Chinese ship granted consent from government to undertake research

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556959/chinese-ship-granted-consent-from-government-to-undertake-research

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Category: Politics

Published: 06 April 2025

Category : Analysis

Author: Pacific Waves

A geopolitics analyst says New Zealand joining AUKUS would further intensify geopolitical tensions, which the Pacific region does not need.

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• South China sea
• New Zealand Defence Force
• China expansion
• China in the Pacific
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Read more: NZ joining AUKUS would make geopolitical waves

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/544059/nz-joining-aukus-would-make-geopolitical-waves-expert

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Category: Defence

Published: 06 April 2025

Category : Defence

Author: RNZ

The UK has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS military arrangement between it, Australia and the US.

AUKUS Pillar One aims to deliver nuclear powered submarines to Australia while Pillar Two has seen the trio beginning to engage in advanced military tech development and sharing under reduced US military trade barriers.

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Read more: UK Parliament to consider AUKUS progress and challenges

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/557336/uk-parliament-to-consider-aukus-progress-and-challenges

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Category: News

Published: 04 April 2025

Category : News

Author: TVNZ

"A series of human errors" and a culture that prioritised accomplishing missions over safety are among factors deemed to have led to the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa last October.

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Read more: Manawanui sinking: Final report points to a 'series of human errors'

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/04/manawanui-sinking-final-report-points-to-a-series-of-human-errors/

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Wait soooo?... who's head is going to roll... sounds like a bit of a whit wash. The buck stops where? At the end of the day the buck stops at the captain, she was in charge of the ship, in charge of the safety of ship and crew... and she failed.