Category : News
Author: Stephen Dziedzic

Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles has urged Australians to take a "deep breath" over the Chinese warships off Australia's east coast as the Coalition intensifies its attack on the government's response to live-fire drills last week.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/543223/australian-defence-minister-urges-calm-over-china-warships-episode-as-they-travel-west.
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Category : News
Author: STUFF
Category : Analysis
Author: Phil Pennington

The United States is speeding up the integration of partners such as New Zealand into its military space operations, as the US engages in "great power competition" with China.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542860/us-speeds-up-integration-of-partners-like-nz-into-military-space-operations
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Category : News
Author: Jo Moir

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will seek answers on the issues of Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea and a controversial agreement with the Cook Islands at all three of his meetings with high-level political counterparts in Beijing this week.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542983/peters-to-seek-answers-from-china-over-warships-cook-islands-deal
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Category : News
Author: Sharon Brettkelly

From peacekeeping on the Russia-Ukraine border to defending our own waters, experts say it can't come soon enough.

Two defence experts are warning that New Zealand's ageing navy is woefully inadequate and underfunded when it comes to protecting our waters.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/542523/splashing-out-on-defence-to-keep-our-head-above-troubled-waters
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

The Defence Force has confirmed the three Chinese ships off the coast of Australia have moved inside the Australian exclusive economic zone this morning.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/543041/chinese-ships-move-inside-australian-exclusive-economic-zone
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Category : News
Author: Gordon Campbell

Allegedly, the defence environment has changed, and New Zealand thus needs to spend significantly more on Defence. The rationale is that China (our main trading partner) has been raising its profile in the Pacific, a region hitherto seen to be our own backyard, and an American lake. The cheek of it!

Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2502/S00030/on-why-our-china-panic-is-about-to-get-expensive.htm
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