Category : News
Author: Reuters

The United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom launched an informal group aimed at boosting economic and diplomatic ties with Pacific Island nations, the White House said on Friday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/new-zealand-joins-new-pacific-partnership-group-with-us-uk-australia.html
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Category : News
Author: Mark Pratt

Nasa has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a threat to terrestrial life.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/300621207/nasa-give-us-back-our-moon-dust-and-cockroaches
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell says he expects more high-level US officials to visit Pacific island countries as Washington steps up its engagement to counter China in the strategically important region.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/469733/us-vows-more-high-level-engagement-with-pacific-islands-amid-china-push
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Taiwan scrambled jets on Tuesday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone, including bombers that flew to the south of the island and into the Pacific, in the latest uptick in tensions and largest incursion since late May.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/taiwan-scrambles-jets-to-warn-off-29-chinese-aircraft-in-its-air-defence-zone.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Dr Peter Greener

In March 2022, the Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the 2020/21 Annual Review of the Ministry of Defence and the NZDF, noted in the section headed ‘Strategic competition and co-operation in the Pacific’ that, “We heard that there will not be a white paper in 2022. However, Defence will be recommending to Ministers terms of reference that look at the development of defence policy settings in a more proactive approach, and the force structure that would support those settings.”

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/06/17/what-direction-now-for-new-zealand-defence-policy-and-capability/
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