Category : Defence
Author: Torika Tokalau

Defence Minister Peeni Henare and a 30-member Kiwi delegation are stranded in the Solomon Islands after a military plane which was supposed to fly them back to New Zealand broke down in Vanuatu.

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Category : News
Author: Torika Tokalau

Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he didn’t feel threatened when a Japanese military member was stabbed beside him at a commemoration service for the Guadalcanal battle.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300656521/defence-minister-speaks-out-after-stabbing-at-guadalcanal-battle-commemoration
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Category : News
Author: William Hewett

Kiwi scientists working alongside NASA have detected alarming and unprecedented changes to the ozone layer caused by the devastating 2020 wildfires in Australia. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/08/kiwi-scientists-alarmed-by-new-ozone-layer-discovery-caused-by-devastating-australian-wildfires-in-2020.html
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Author: Reuters

China announced new military drills around Taiwan on Monday (local time), eliciting concern from US President Joe Biden, a day after the scheduled end of Beijing's largest exercises to protest last week's visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/us-president-joe-biden-concerned-as-china-extends-military-drills-around-taiwan.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Torika Tokalau

Defence Minister Peeni Henare will lead a small contingent from New Zealand to the Solomon Islands to attend the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129479771/defence-minister-leads-delegation-to-mark-80th-anniversary-of-battle-of-guadalcanal
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Author: Reuters

China launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan on Thursday, a day after a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as its sovereign territory.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/taiwan-decries-china-s-illegitimate-irresponsible-live-fire-military-drills.html
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Author: Reuters

China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday (local time) in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/furious-china-fires-missiles-near-taiwan-in-drills-after-us-house-of-representatives-speaker-nancy-pelosi-visit.html
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Author: Russell Palmer

National and Labour are toeing the one-China line, but ACT leader David Seymour says he would be happy to visit Taiwan if invited.

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