Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday (local time), in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports.

Russia's defence ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a "gesture of goodwill" to show Moscow was not obstructing UN efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/07/ukraine-invasion-russia-abandons-snake-island-in-victory-for-ukraine.html
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Category : News
Author: Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern

Kia ora koutou katoa. 

It is a rare thing to have New Zealand represented at a NATO Summit. While we have worked together in theatres such as Afghanistan, and have been partners for just on a decade, today represents an important moment for our Pacific nation.  

Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/pms-comments-nato-session
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Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

The Defence Force says it wants to move away from “big bang” improvements of its aircraft, and instead join the United States Navy in two-yearly upgrades.

High-ranking defence officials fronted the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee on Thursday to answers MPs questions on billion-dollar acquisitions of aircraft and other defence assets.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/129129518/defence-force-wants-to-move-away-from-big-bang-upgrades-of-its-aircraft
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Author: NZDF

The crew of HMNZS Te Mana are undertaking high-tempo warfare generation and damage control exercises as the ship sails across the Pacific on her way home to Aotearoa.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8DBbI7v6n0
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Category : News
Author: Lisette Reymer
Category : News
Author: Jamie Ensor

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has expressly called out a "more assertive" China during her speech at a summit hosted by NATO, the North Atlantic military alliance regularly criticised by Beijing.

As the leaders' summit in Madrid was underway on Wednesday, China's Ambassador to the United Nations made his country's thoughts on the group very clear, saying it had "sowed the seeds of conflict" in Europe and that "must not be allowed to happen in the Asia-Pacific".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-calls-out-more-assertive-china-at-nato-as-beijing-warns-against-military-alliance-expanding-to-pacific.html
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