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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.

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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.

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The Pentagon on Wednesday sharply increased its estimate of China's projected nuclear weapons arsenal over the coming years, saying Beijing could have 700 warheads by 2027 and possibly 1,000 by 2030.

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Author: Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie

The recent announcement of a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America has highlighted New Zealand’s long-standing, wicked national security problem.  It is tied, in security terms, to protection from larger nations without the ability to influence them or even be invited to participate at all levels.  Economically, New Zealand is deeply engaged with China as its major trading partner.  This article traverses New Zealand’s three alignment eras, its lack of self-reliance and political inconsistency regarding national security.  Alternate strategic posture options and means of national security governance are suggested as possible pathways to resolving the country’s strategic identity conundrum.

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A person who was isolating with COVID-19 has died, the Ministry of Health says.

The exact cause of death is currently unknown, they say, and may have been COVID-19 or some other cause. This will be determined by the Coroner.

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Author: Associated Press

Islamic State militants set off an explosion at the entrance to a military hospital in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, a senior Taliban official said.

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Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others.

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