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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.

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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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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.

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Article: https://theconversation.com/a-new-pacific-reset-why-nz-must-prioritise-climate-change-and-labour-mobility-185204
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Author: Alexa Cook

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met with New Zealand counterpart, Nanaia Mahuta, in Wellington today.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/australia-s-penny-wong-says-partnership-with-new-zealand-indispensable-following-meeting-with-nanaia-mahuta.html
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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.

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

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

The Foreign Affairs Minister has told her Chinese counterpart that Beijing's engagement in the Pacific must advance the region's priorities and support established institutions like the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/nanaia-mahuta-tells-china-that-engagement-in-pacific-must-advance-region-s-priorities.html
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Author: Isobel Ewing

The Prime Minister's office billed it as a "minor" reshuffle - instead, Jacinda Ardern threw the pack in the air.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-cabinet-reshuffle-was-billed-as-minor-instead-she-threw-the-pack-in-the-air.html
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Author: Geoffrey Miller

New Zealand’s defence minister, Peeni Henare, has had a very busy first half of the year.

In January, Henare was the face of New Zealand’s relief effort to Tonga, following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano.

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Article: https://democracyproject.nz/2022/06/13/geoffrey-miller-why-is-new-zealands-defence-minister-visiting-south-korea/
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