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Author: 1News

New Zealand and Australian officials have weighed in on China's growing influence in the Pacific, in light of news Kiribati is set to open up a valuable marine reserve for commercial fishing and development.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/12/chinas-influence-in-the-pacific-under-the-spotlight/
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Author: Reuters

It would be "inconceivable" for Australia not to join the United States should Washington take action to defend Taiwan, Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said on Saturday.

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the United States and its allies would take unspecified "action" if China were to use force to alter the status quo over Taiwan.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/11/australia-would-join-united-states-in-defending-taiwan-if-necessary-peter-dutton.html
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Author: H I Sutton

A second suspected missile target in the shape of a U.S. aircraft carrier has been spotted in a rural Chinese desert, according to satellite photos obtained by USNI News.

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Article: https://news.usni.org/2021/11/09/second-u-s-aircraft-carrier-missile-target-spotted-in-chinese-desert
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Author: Dan Satherley & Ella Prendergast

The Prime Minister has rebuffed China's concerns of a trade division.

Jacinda Ardern chaired an APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting overnight, where they discussed COVID-19, the economic recovery from the pandemic and climate change.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/11/apec-leaders-reject-vaccine-nationalism-don-new-zealand-made-merino-wool.html
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

A judge has rejected the New Zealand Defence Force's claim that a training exercise in which a decorated soldier died was exempt from health and safety laws.

This is in part because the training couldn't be deemed "operational" because it used US Black Hawk helicopters, which the New Zealand army does not normally have access to. The Black Hawk helicopters would therefore be unavailable for the New Zealand Defence Force to use in response to a domestic incident.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/455335/explainer-why-a-judge-rejected-nzdf-claims-about-exemptions-from-health-and-safety-laws
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Author: Jono Galuszka

When Lee Alexander Doyle​ was betrayed by his platoon leader, his request for help was given a quick reply: suck it up.

Heartbroken after his partner had an affair with the leader, he turned to taking, then dealing, drugs to cope.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300446004/soldier-who-turned-to-drugs-after-heartbreak-sentenced-for-dealing-mdma
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Category: Defence
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On 11 November 2021, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) reported that NH90-TTH with serial NZ3302 (construction number 1206) reach 2,000 flying hours. With this milestone, the RNZAF NH90 is the first in the world of this type to reach this number of flying hours.

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Article: https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/milestone-rnzaf-nh90
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To be fair it's serial construction number 1206 ... and it is the first in the world to reach 2000 flying hours... it means the NH-90's are over worked and we don't have enough air frames to spread the work load out over the entire fleet. No something to be proud of really.
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Author: Barbara Dreaver

The Kiribati Government has decided to open up one of the world’s largest marine reserves to commercial fishing and de-register it as a World Heritage site.

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) spans over 400,000 square kilometres and borders US waters.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/11/fears-over-chinas-involvement-in-kiribatis-ditching-of-marine-reserve/
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  2. Chinese President Xi Jinping warns Asia Pacific nations against 'confrontation and division of the Cold War era'
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