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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has sent 21 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts to help the Australian Defence Force and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force remove unexploded Second World War explosives in the Solomon Islands.
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Read more: NZDF sends explosive ordnance disposal experts to Solomon Islands
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/nzdf-sends-explosive-ordnance-disposal-experts-to-solomon-islands-42da5fcd9143
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New Zealand’s Defence Minister, Hon Ron Mark, in conjunction with Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, launched “Advancing Pacific Partnerships: A Framework for Defence’s Approach to the Pacific” on 29 October at Te Papa in Wellington. This is the latest in a series of Defence Assessments conducted by the Ministry of Defence and designed to provide more detail around the Government’s Strategic Defence Policy Statement 2018.
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Read more: Defence Minister Commits To Rebuilding Reserve Force
- Article: https://unclas.com/2019/10/30/defence-minister-commits-to-rebuilding-reserve-force/
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The New York Times reported on 16 October that the People’s Republic of China had leased the island of Tulagi from Solomon Islands. A secret deal was apparently struck in September, no doubt around the time Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare ascended to his leadership role and Solomon Islands announced its switch from recognising Taipei to Beijing. Tulagi is remembered mostly as the place where the pivotal Allied campaign for Guadalcanal started in World War II. With the leasing of the island, we may well have a shift in the strategic competition in the Pacific.
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Read more: The Tulagi turning point
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-tulagi-turning-point/
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New Zealanders living around the globe remain at threat of Islamic State's wrath, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says
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Read more: Islamic State still threat to New Zealanders
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/10/islamic-state-still-threat-to-new-zealanders-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern.html
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New Zealand is looking to enhance its security partnerships with Pacific nations.
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Read more: New Zealand looks to enhance security partnerships in Pacific
- Article: https://www.pmnnews.co.nz/post/new-zealand-looks-to-enhance-security-partnerships-in-pacific
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Minister of Defence Ron Mark will today launch the Advancing Pacific Partnerships 2019 Defence Assessment during a speech at Te Papa.
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Read more: Advancing Pacific Partnerships 2019 launched
- Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/advancing-pacific-partnerships-2019-launched
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A new paper outlining how New Zealand Defence will increase its attention on the Pacific is being seen as a push to ensure the region's security, as well as pushing back on influence from China.
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Read more: Defence paper seen as pushing back on China's Pacific influence
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12280076
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Defence Minister Ron Mark is hopeful China "adheres to openness and transparency" like New Zealand, as the Defence Force warns against "geostrategic competition" in the Pacific.
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Read more: Defence Minister Ron Mark hopes China 'adheres to openness and transparency like we do'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/10/defence-minister-ron-mark-hopes-china-adheres-to-openness-and-transparency-like-we-do.html
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