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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Category : News
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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Category : News
Author: Sharon Brettkelly

Sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine could be in place for years, but as the war in Ukraine rages on, how will we know if they're having an impact?

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018845790/are-sanctions-against-russia-working
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russia has banned dozens of British journalists, media representatives and defence figures from entering the country, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday (local time).

In a move that Moscow said was a response to Western sanctions and the "spreading of false information about Russia", 29 journalists and members of British media organisations such as the BBC, the broadcaster Sky News and the Guardian and Times newspapers were personally banned.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/ukraine-invasion-russia-bans-29-british-journalists-along-with-defence-figures.html
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