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Author: Q+A with Jack Tame

New Zealand has been invited to attend the upcoming NATO meeting in Brussels. Defence Minister Judith Collins says it reflects a more perilous geopolitical situation. Q+A asks her if there's an appetite for a NATO-style defence agreement in the Pacific. Meanwhile, HMNZS Manawanui continues to leak fuel off the south coast of Upolu in Samoa. Collins outlines the latest clean-up effort and whether New Zealand can afford to replace the ship.

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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has announced details of its Court of Inquiry (COI) into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa.

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Defence Minister Judith Collins has lashed out at what she calls "deeply misogynist" comments about the sinking of the HMS Manawanui and its captain, Commander Yvonne Gray.

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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.

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Divers have described the eerie, "distressing" scene at the site of the HMNZS Manawanui after it sank off the coast of Samoa over the weekend.

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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.   

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A new Royal New Zealand Air Force plane sent to help the stricken crew of the HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa immediately faced problems as it started its first mission.

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Author: Giles Dexter

There will be many variables to determine just how damaging the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui will be to Samoa's marine environment, a coastal science expert says.

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