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EXPLAINER: New Zealand’s navy expects to join a British-led flotilla in a tour of the Indo-Pacific in the coming months, including passing through the contested South China Sea. Tensions in this region have been growing. Why does this bit of ocean matter, and why are we sending our navy there? National Correspondent Lucy Craymer reports.
Defence Minister Peeni Henare announced earlier this month he had spoken with his counterpart in the UK and the expectation was the country’s navy would be sending forces to join the flotilla. The trip will include port visits with friendly countries and training exercises.
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Read more: South China Sea - the water everyone talks about
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300309656/south-china-sea--the-water-everyone-talks-about
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New Zealand could be swept up in the Australia-China trade war, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta has warned.
In an interview with The Guardian, Mahuta also advised exporters to diversify in the case trade relations with China sour.
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Read more: New Zealand could be caught in Australia-China trade war - warns Foreign Minister
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/new-zealand-could-be-caught-in-australia-china-trade-war-warns-foreign-minister.html
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Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says the caretaker Prime Minister is behaving like a dictator.
Public servants continue their work in Apia - despite the political impasse and confusion over who really holds power.
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Read more: Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says Tuilaepa is behaving like a dictator
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/05/samoa-s-prime-minister-elect-says-tuilaepa-is-behaving-like-a-dictator.html
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A person who was involved with Islamic State, and is expected to arrive in New Zealand, has been subjected to the first terrorism “control order”.
The Wellington High Court on May 7 granted the police’s application for an interim control order against the person, whose identity has been suppressed, according to a court judgement published on Wednesday.
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A Chinese Communist Party spokesman has urged New Zealand to "make the pie of co-operation bigger", amid a flurry of speculation in Beijing that Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta is growing cold on China.
Mahuta, in an interview published in the Guardian on Tuesday, spoke about the prospect of New Zealand finding itself in the “eye of the storm” of economic retribution from China, as Australia has been.
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The Edge radio station has made an on-air apology for misleading a listener as part of a dating promotion, but is yet to respond to a formal complaint.
"Emily", a 25-year-old teacher, says she was left feeling “disappointed, used and discarded” after finding out two of the men she was set up to date on the Dom, Meg and Randell Breakfast show last month were actually MediaWorks interns using fake names and identities.
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Read more: The Edge radio station's misleading dating promotion made victim 'feel worthless'
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/edge-radio-stations-misleading-dating-promotion-made-victim-feel-worthless
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Writing exclusively for CANZUK International, Joshua Chohan explains why a coordinated foreign policy between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom would be an exemplary alliance of like-minded countries and provide international security in challenging times.
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Read more: CANZUK Shows Us What International Security Policy Should Look Like
- Article: https://www.canzukinternational.com/2021/05/canzuk-shows-us-what-international-security-policy-should-look-like.html
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The Reserve Bank is unlikely to say when it's expecting to raise interest rates ahead of time, an economist says, but there will be clues to look out for.
The bank's latest monetary policy statement will be released on Wednesday, ahead of next month's decision on the official cash rate (OCR). The OCR has been a record low for the past year, stimulating borrowing and spending to keep the economy ticking over during the biggest economic shock in a generation, if not longer.
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Read more: The clues an interest rate hike could be on the way
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/05/ocr-the-clues-an-interest-rate-hike-could-be-on-the-way.html
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