Category : News
Author: Robert G Patman

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's acceptance of an invitation to speak at this week's Nato leaders' summit in Madrid has fuelled a narrative that New Zealand's independent foreign policy is falling victim to a new Cold War.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/469913/nz-invite-to-nato-summit-not-reward-for-shift-in-foreign-policy
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Category : Analysis
Author: Alexander Gillespie

This week’s White House meeting between Jacinda Ardern and Joe Biden reflected a world undergoing rapid change. But of all the shared challenges discussed, there was one that kept appearing in the leaders’ joint statement – China in the Pacific.

Article: https://theconversation.com/to-meet-the-chinese-challenge-in-the-pacific-nz-needs-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-184315
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Category : Analysis
Author: Robert Scollay

Analysis - The frequent use of the term "shared values" to describe developments in the Pacific tends to obscure a distinct shift in New Zealand and Australian relations with their Pacific partners over the past two decades.

Article: https://theconversation.com/a-new-pacific-reset-why-nz-must-prioritise-climate-change-and-labour-mobility-185204
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Category : News
Author: TVNZ: 1News

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia has work to do "as a member of the Pacific family".

Wong met with New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta in Wellington on Thursday, as the pair reiterated the closeness of the trans-Tasman relationship.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/16/pacific-a-priority-as-mahuta-meets-oz-foreign-minister/
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Category : News
Author: Sam Sachdeva

As China starts to train Solomon Islands police following a controversial security pact between the two countries, New Zealand is working on a defence deal of its own, Sam Sachdeva reports

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-solomons-security-deal-in-development
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