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New Zealand is being issued a stark warning - our strategic environment is deteriorating and is becoming the most challenging it's been in decades.
The Ministry of Defence has released its report on the global landscape and highlights strategic competition as a key threat, which it says is driven by China.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/12/china-s-rise-in-south-pacific-means-new-zealand-faces-more-complex-strategic-environment-ministry-of-defence.html
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New Zealand’s position in the South Pacific is increasingly threatened by an assertive China, and defence officials fear the construction of a military base in the region could “fundamentally alter the strategic balance”.
The dire warning about worsening regional security and global competition was contained in the latest Defence Assessment, published by the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127219045/new-zealands-position-in-south-pacific-increasingly-under-threat--new-defence-report-says
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Another 14 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the smuggling of drugs into New Zealand using baggage handlers.
"A total of 24 people have been charged as a result of a six-month joint investigation by the NZ police's national organised crime group and NZ Customs investigating vulnerabilities at the New Zealand border and, in particular, Auckland International Airport and the Port of Auckland," a statement said.
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Read more: More baggage handlers, gang members arrested over drug smuggling operation
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/more-baggage-handlers-gang-members-arrested-over-drug-smuggling-operation.html
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The United States will have to "pay a price" for its diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China said on Tuesday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two sides.
The White House said on Monday U.S. government officials would boycott the Winter Olympics because of China's human rights "atrocities", although U.S. athletes were free to travel there to compete.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/china-erupts-over-diplomatic-boycott-of-beijing-winter-olympics-promises-us-will-pay-a-price.html
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New Zealand, and no doubt the rest of the world, has had to reprioritize government agendas to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. We made it a priority to keep New Zealanders safe while continuing to accelerate our economic recovery to set the foundations for a better future.
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Read more: New Zealand’s defense minister: Industry is still weathering the COVID-19 storm
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/outlook/2021/12/06/new-zealands-defense-minister-industry-is-still-weathering-the-covid-19-storm/
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The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China wants us to join America’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced the boycott earlier today.
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Read more: IPAC writes letter to PM asking to join US in Winter Olympics diplomatic boycott
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/louisa-wall-ipac-co-chair-on-whether-new-zealand-should-join-the-us-in-boycotting-the-winter-olympics/
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New Zealand has deployed a navy ship to the Solomon Islands to help peacekeeping efforts after political unrest in the capital, Honiara.
The decision to deploy the HMNZS Wellington to the mission was not formally announced by the Government or the Defence Force.
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Read more: New Zealand quietly deploys navy ship to Solomon Islands
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300472473/new-zealand-quietly-deploys-navy-ship-to-solomon-islands
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The United States says it will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, after China pledged unspecified "countermeasures" against any such diplomatic boycott.
Last month, US President Joe Biden said he was considering such a diplomatic boycott amid criticism of China's human rights record, including what Washington says is genocide against minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang.
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Read more: US government officials to boycott next year's Beijing Games
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/winter-olympics-us-government-officials-to-boycott-next-year-s-beijing-games.html
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