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Author: Kathleen Calderwood

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) says New Zealand received no notice from China that it would be sending three navy ships to the Tasman Sea.

Defence Minister Judith Collins said China was exercising its rights under the UN convention on the law of the sea, that they can travel through those seas.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542460/nz-defence-force-says-no-notice-given-from-china-about-navy-ships-in-the-tasman-sea
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Author: Phil Pennington

The Defence Force admits it will have to stop doing a "raft" of things and scale down missions due to its financial crunch.

On Tuesday it confirmed it had a $360m deficit looming next year, after RNZ revealed that earlier in the day.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535622/defence-force-to-stop-raft-of-things-due-to-financial-crunch
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Author: Phil Pennington

Analysis - Everywhere Trump's "eye of Sauron" lands, ructions follow - Gaza, Ukraine, Europe.

Next up, will it be this side of the world, as the US doubles down on the Indo-Pacific as its number one theatre of what the Pentagon calls the "Great Power Competition"?

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/542250/nz-faces-dilemma-as-trump-demands-more-defence-spending
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Author: NZDF
Bruiser Loose, Bruiser is the NATO name for an air launched anti-ship missile. Last week, the first launch by an RNZN Seasprite helicopter of a Penguin anti-ship guided missile was conducted.
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Denying terrorist and criminal organisations the funds to conduct illicit activities will be the primary aim of HMNZS Te Kaha, which sailed from Devonport Naval Base for the Middle East region.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/royal-new-zealand-navy-frigate-sails-to-disrupt-terrorist-criminal-activities-in-middle-east/
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Author: Lauren Crimp

An international relations professor is warning China’s activity in the Tasman Sea shows it wants to establish a permanent military presence in the Pacific, and New Zealand must prepare for that.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/professor-urges-nz-defence-boost-amid-chinas-pacific-presence/7KU7H2VJLFFHLGXKO5P442WB5Y/
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Author: Phil Pennington

Is there a limited lifespan for the world's most powerful and far reaching spy group Five Eyes, now that Donald Trump is at the presidential helm of the United States?

New Zealand needs to start asking that question, experts say, in its vulnerable place as the minnow in the group of intelligence giants.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/541139/is-it-time-up-for-world-s-most-powerful-spying-group-under-trump
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The final cost of salvaging the HMNZS Manawanui could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on what happens with the wreck.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/19/hmnzs-manawanui-will-not-be-replaced-government-says/
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