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Category: Politics
Category : Analysis
Author: Giles Dexter

Potential tariffs on New Zealand agricultural exports to the United States are concerning, the trade and investment minister says, but he is confident NZ's trade is resilient and diverse enough to weather the worst.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543871/tariff-wars-trade-minister-plans-to-make-the-case-on-relationship-with-us-counterparts
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Author: Marian Faa and Stephen Dziedzic

Papua New Guinea's Foreign MinisterJustin Tkatchenko says he was not notified about a sophisticated drone that flew into the country's air space around the time a Chinese naval vessel navigated the border between PNG and Australia.

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Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/drone-spotted-near-australian-png-border/105005862
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

Chinese warships firing in the Tasman Sea, security-troubling agreements between Beijing and the Cook Islands, US President Trump backing Russia’s Putin while bullying allies and loosely talking of territorial expansion - how will New Zealand make its way in this new world order? Thomas Manch reports.

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Article: https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360593360/defending-new-zealand-trump-putin-and-xis-new-world-order
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Category : Analysis
Author: Matthew Sussex

Analysis - Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital, plundered its own political system, attacked its partners and supplicated itself before its far weaker enemies as rapidly and brazenly as Donald Trump's America?

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/543559/in-siding-with-russia-trump-is-not-putting-america-first-he-is-hastening-its-decline
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Author: George Allison

Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

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Article: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fuel-supplier-refuses-u-s-warships-over-ukraine
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Author: 1News Reporters

The fiery conversation between US president Donald Trump, his vice president and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House was a "tough watch", Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/03/tough-watch-pm-luxon-says-of-trump-zelensky-argument/
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Category: Defence
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Author: Corin Dann & Jo Moir

Winston Peters says our trading partners will judge us if New Zealand does not "step-up" and play its role by increasing defence spending.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/543390/new-zealand-needs-to-step-up-on-defence-spending-winston-peters-says
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Category: Politics
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Author: Thomas Manch

Ukraine ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko is thankful for New Zealand’s ongoing support after a disastrous Trump-Zelensky meeting threatened a US-brokered peace effort.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360599133/white-house-meeting-further-threat-us-europe-alliance
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  1. Helen Clark questions NZ's continued involvement in Five Eyes
  2. Kiwi Ukrainian watches Trump-Zelensky Oval Office clash in horror
  3. New Zealand reaffirms support for Ukraine after disastrous White House meeting
  4. Cook Islands government to seek update on China’s naval exercises

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