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- Category : News
Amid the commentary on Australia’s handling of France over the decision to switch to nuclear-powered submarines, Canberra’s treatment of another close partner and the reaction that has caused have received relatively scant attention.
The Australian government’s dealings with Indonesia on the submarines and AUKUS was no less maladroit.
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Read more: AUKUS and Australia–Indonesia relations: 2+2 clever by half
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-and-australia-indonesia-relations-22-clever-by-half/
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- Category : Defence
As the US and China spar over maritime clashes in the South China Sea, New Zealand has set out its view of some of the issues at play – with a viewpoint unlikely to find favour with Beijing
New Zealand has weighed in on long-running and heated territorial disputes in the South China Sea, with a carefully-worded diplomatic note that nonetheless sets the country in opposition to Beijing.
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Read more: NZ wades into South China Sea dispute
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-wades-into-south-china-sea-dispute
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Since this article, New Zealand sent HMNZS Te Kaha and HMNZS Aotearoa and sailed the South China Sea with the UK Carrier Strike Group 21. #UKCSG21. This also sends a message to China (a bit heavier than a diplomatic note) of where NZ stands on the South China Sea, the 9 Dash Line and freedom of navigation...
- Category : Defence
Well New Zealand is part of the Five Powers Defence Arrangement with the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore the agreement was signed in 1971 whereby the five powers are to consult each other "immediately" in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of these five countries for the purpose of deciding what measures should be taken jointly or separately in response.
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Read more: How many formal defence allies does New Zealand have?
- Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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- Category : News
The world is watching the 2021 Canadian federal election with some interest, owing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s international celebrity status. However, the media have overlooked one aspect of the election. A Conservative Party victory would not just spell the end of the Trudeau administration, but would also bring to the fore a previously obscure policy proposal that the Conservative Party has made in its foreign policy platform. This is the dream of CANZUK, a union of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. This would be both a radical shift in Canada’s foreign policy and also potentially in Canada’s defence policy.
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Read more: A Radical Idea: CANZUK in Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy
- Article: https://www.cgai.ca/a_radical_idea_canzuk_in_canadian_foreign_and_defence_policy
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
What a poorly written and researched article.
If the Conservative Party wins, three of four CANZUK nations would have pro-CANZUK governments in office: Canada, Australia and the U.K. That would just leave New Zealand under the Jacinda Ardern administration, and pro-CANZUK politicians have said they expect New Zealand to follow Australia into a CANZUK agreement if the other three nations finalize it.
I don't even think Australia has a policy on CANZUK, and even if they do saying New Zealand would just follow is a bit of a stretch.
Sure there are various MP's and have considered the idea but no party in NZ or Australia has a CANZUK policy. Only the Conservative Party of Canada and their leader Erin O’Toole has one as part of their party policy.
- Category : News
The Government needs to ask the United States for a "please explain" over why New Zealand was not invited to US-led crunch talks on options of evacuating people still trapped in Afghanistan.
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has said the Government is working on a "second phase" to try to get New Zealand passport holders and other visa holders out of the turbulent nation, which has fallen into Taliban hands in recent weeks.
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Read more: US holds crunch talks after Kabul falls - but NZ snubbed?
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/fall-of-afghanistan-us-leads-meeting-on-evacuation-moves-where-was-nz/
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- Category : News
Afghan people living in this country are pleading with the government not to forget about people with connections to New Zealand still stuck in Afghanistan.
They fear those who did not make it out when the Taliban swiftly took control will be ignored now the world's attention has moved on.
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Read more: Govt urged to speed up visa process for stranded Afghans
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/452858/govt-urged-to-speed-up-visa-process-for-stranded-afghans
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- Category : News
Anti-lockdown activist and former political candidate Billy Te Kahika Jr is facing fraud and Electoral Act charges.
Te Kahika is charged with causing loss by deception, and with breaches of the Electoral Act.
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Read more: Billy TK to face jury trial for fraud, Electoral Act charges
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/billy-te-kahika-jr-to-have-jury-trial-for-fraud-electoral-act-charges/
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- Category : News
Dissatisfaction with the Labour Government is mounting among small business owners, a new survey has found.
Almost half (46 percent) of those surveyed thought the National Party had a better understanding of their business needs, followed by the Labour Party at 30 percent and ACT at 23 percent.
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Read more: Dissatisfaction with Labour Government mounting among small businesses
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/09/dissatisfaction-with-labour-government-mounting-among-small-businesses-survey.html
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