Category : News

A public protest march is planned in Rarotonga as the Cook Islands makes further moves that locals fear is fracturing their country's relationship with New Zealand.

Cook Islands United political party leader Teariki Heather told 1News the march will be held on parliament's first sitting of the year in Rarotonga on February 17.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/06/protest-rising-over-cook-islands-push-for-passport-pact-with-china/
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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

Is there a limited lifespan for the world's most powerful and far reaching spy group Five Eyes, now that Donald Trump is at the presidential helm of the United States?

New Zealand needs to start asking that question, experts say, in its vulnerable place as the minnow in the group of intelligence giants.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/541139/is-it-time-up-for-world-s-most-powerful-spying-group-under-trump
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Category : Defence
Author: TVNZ

The final cost of salvaging the HMNZS Manawanui could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on what happens with the wreck.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/19/hmnzs-manawanui-will-not-be-replaced-government-says/
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Category : Opinion
Author: DEFSEC

Are the recent actions of the Chinese really the reason for the delay in the Defence Capability Plan, or do the politics of the coalition have a part to play?, asks editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/01/08/defence-capability-plan-kicking-the-can/.
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Category : News
Author: TVNZ

The recovery of fuel from the wreck of the HMNZS Manawanui has begun off the coast of Samoa today.

The Navy vessel sank after it ran aground on a coral reef off the coast of Upolu and caught fire on October 6 last year. All 75 crew and passengers were safely evacuated.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/02/fuel-recovery-underway-at-wreck-of-hmnzs-manawanui/
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Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

A senior Royal New Zealand Navy officer will lead international naval efforts against drug smuggling in the Middle East, where New Zealand will also contribute a frigate later in the year.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/new-zealand-takes-command-of-international-task-force-disrupting-drug-smuggling-in-the-middle-east/
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Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

HMNZS Aotearoa, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s maritime sustainment vessel, is sailing to Antarctica to deliver food, supplies and engineering equipment for New Zealand and United States bases on the ice.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/hmnzs-aotearoa-departs-on-resupply-mission-to-antarctica/
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