Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch and Lucy Craymer

New Zealand’s diplomats will prioritise Pacific Island nations’ resilience due to threats such as climate change and potentially “catastrophic” levels of Chinese debt.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126877134/new-zealands-diplomats-to-focus-on-resilience-in-pacific-as-climate-change-and-chinese-debt-threat-grows
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Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch

Intelligence Agencies Minister Andrew Little has decried the "extremes" of public debate about security issues, and foreshadowed an impending announcement that will "test" critics of the spy agencies.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126895261/intelligence-agencies-minister-andrew-little-foreshadows-announcement-that-will-test-spy-agency-critics
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Category : Defence
Author: APDR

Christian Venzal has been appointed Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in Australia and New Zealand, with effect 1 November. Based in Brisbane, Christian is responsible for the company’s civil and military helicopter business in both countries, as well as for its MRO services and local operations.

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/airbus-helicopters-appoints-new-md-for-australia-and-new-zealand/
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Category : Defence
Author: Sam Sachdeva

Military email exchanges from the early days of Afghanistan’s fall show that talk of a New Zealand evacuation mission into Kabul went from “not feasible” to imminent within days – a sign of the volatile situation on the ground.

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/afghanistan-evacuation-from-not-feasible-to-underway-within-days
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Author: Maxine Jacobs

Vaccination pressure, mandates, conflicting information and mistrust in authority are all factors stopping people from getting their “dots”, the head of a new rangatahi vaccination campaign says.

Musician Pere Wihongi is leading the Got Ya Dot campaign in Tāmaki Makaurau, designed to help bridge divisive conversations between whānau and friends who have strong feelings about the Covid-19 vaccination.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/126879092/covid19-im-not-antivax-i-just-dont-like-getting-told-what-to-do
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Category : Defence
Author: 1News

A New Zealand Air Force aircraft is being deployed to help "detect and deter actions" by North Korea that contravene United Nations sanctions.

The deployment of the P-3 Orion, which will operate out of Japan, was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Thursday.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/04/air-force-plane-to-help-enforce-sanctions-on-north-korea/
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Author: Nighthawk

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Author: Lucy Craymer

Increasing numbers of Chinese war planes have flown into Taiwan’s airspace in recent weeks, raising questions about the island’s future. Why does this matter, and should New Zealanders care? National Correspondent Lucy Craymer explains.

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait increased markedly last month, when both China and Taiwan celebrated their national days, fuelling fears that Beijing could – as Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has repeatedly hinted – move to take the island by force.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/explained/300439237/why-china-wants-to-take-control-of-taiwan-and-why-new-zealand-should-care
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