Category : News
Author: TVNZ: 1News

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia has work to do "as a member of the Pacific family".

Wong met with New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta in Wellington on Thursday, as the pair reiterated the closeness of the trans-Tasman relationship.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/16/pacific-a-priority-as-mahuta-meets-oz-foreign-minister/
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

Parts of Fiji have been hit by extensive coastal flooding on Wednesday, including popular tourist destination the Coral Coast.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/15/fiji-hit-by-coastal-flooding-officials-fear-it-could-get-worse/
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Category : News
Author: Ireland Hendry-Tennent

High inflation, rising interest rates and winter are all putting pressure on Kiwis' wallets and middle-income earners are feeling the pinch as well. 

A perfect storm of economic factors is driving the costs of essentials sky-high with grocery, petrol and mortgage prices all spiking.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2022/06/cost-of-living-crisis-what-help-is-available-for-middle-income-earners-as-inflation-rising-interest-rates-bite.html
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Category : Defence
Author: 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 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.” Does this mean that there might be a new white paper in 2023, will we see another government defence policy statement, or will there be a revised defence capability plan?

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/will-there-be-a-labour-defence-white-paper-in-2023
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Category : News
Author: Sam Sachdeva

As China starts to train Solomon Islands police following a controversial security pact between the two countries, New Zealand is working on a defence deal of its own, Sam Sachdeva reports

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-solomons-security-deal-in-development
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Author: New Zealand Defence Force

Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa will be taking part in the world’s largest international maritime exercise for the first time, as part of a five-and-a-half month deployment to the Asia Pacific region.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/hmnzs-aotearoa-departs-for-rimpac-22/
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