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Author: Thomas Coughlan

National supports the idea of New Zealand lifting its level of defence spending, possibly to a level of 2 per cent of GDP, the level regarded as something of an international benchmark.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/christopher-luxon-says-national-keen-on-lifting-defence-spending-party-discussing-17b-costs/ZHA3GAW7UPPMQE3K6X76WKQ6Q4/
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Author: John Weekes

The Defence Minister asked his colleagues to send Javelin anti-tank missiles to help Ukraine but the Cabinet has so far declined. 

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Article: Defence Minister asked to give Ukraine lethal aid – Cabinet said no
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Author: Jade Macmillan and Andrew Greene

A top American admiral has criticised a potential security pact between China and Solomon Islands, describing it as a "secret" arrangement worrying the US and its partners.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464698/us-admiral-lashes-concerning-solomon-islands-security-pact-with-china
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Author: Thomas Manch

At a January meeting between a Chinese general and New Zealand’s defence secretary, there was one Pacific issue that New Zealand wanted to speak about in detail – the Solomon Islands.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128257356/nz-defence-secretary-raises-solomon-islands-concerns-with-chinese-general
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Author: Reuters

Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region in the next few weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday (local time), adding that allies had time to help prepare the Ukrainian military.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-nato-says-russia-regrouping-to-try-to-take-ukraine-s-donbas-region.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand has joined other countries in seeking reassurance from China that parents will be able to stay with their children during COVID isolation periods amid reports young kids are being made to isolate away from their families. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/new-zealand-seeks-reassurance-from-china-children-can-stay-with-parents-during-covid-isolation-amid-reports-of-separation.html
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It isn't every day the small-government Act party calls on Labour to spend more money, but that is exactly what leader David Seymour did in Question Time on Tuesday.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-challenges-jacinda-ardern-to-lift-defence-spending/BL6IRT7F4M7AFKE6YHXVLTTUJE/
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has released a statement in relation to a story aired on Australian television overnight alleging incidents of brutality by an Australian soldier that were reportedly witnessed by NZ soldiers in East Timor in 1999.

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Article: https://insidegovernment.co.nz/nzdf-responds-to-east-timor-allegations/
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