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The war in Ukraine has prompted some countries to re-think their military spending and pledge big increases to defence budgets. Even though we’re about as far away from the conflict as you can get, does New Zealand need to follow suit?
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Read more: Hitting the right balance on defence spending
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018838061/hitting-the-right-balance-on-defence-spending
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Labour's Chris Hipkins criticised the way a National MP invited Ukraine’s president to address New Zealand's Parliament, calling it “undiplomatic” and “almost embarrassing”.
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Read more: National MP's Zelensky address proposal 'undiplomatic'
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/13/hipkins-national-mps-zelensky-address-proposal-undiplomatic/
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The Supreme Court has ruled a New Zealand resident accused of murder in China can be extradited there without any real risk of torture or unfair trial.
Kyung Yup Kim, 46, is accused of murdering 20-year-old woman Pei Yun Chen while visiting Shanghai in 2009.
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Read more: Court ruling on extradition to China a 'step back'
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/13/court-ruling-on-extradition-to-china-a-step-back-lawyer/
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Defence Minister Peeni Henare hasn't ruled out the possibility of the New Zealand Defence Force entering Ukraine.
A C-130 Hercules set off for Germany on Wednesday morning with 11 of the 50 personnel who will help transport and distribute military aid to Ukraine, without entering the country.
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It's a contradiction in terms. But President Vladimir Putin is doubling down on his bizarre claim that Russia is single-handedly battling a West controlled by "liberal-Nazi dictatorships".
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Read more: 'Scum and traitors': Putin's bizarre claim, rage escalates
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-putins-bizarre-claim-russia-saving-ukraine-from-wests-nazi-dictatorship/
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President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (local time) peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a week to vow his troops would win and to goad the West for failing to bring Moscow to heel.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-vladimir-putin-says-peace-talks-with-ukraine-at-dead-end-goads-the-west.html
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Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of Twitter, the company's chief executive Parag Agrawal says.
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Read more: Elon Musk will not join Twitter board, says boss
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/465095/elon-musk-will-not-join-twitter-board-says-boss
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Matt Robson is an Auckland barrister, and a former Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control and Associate Foreign Minister. He is a member of the Labour Party.
OPINION: As Minister of Disarmament in the 1999-2002 Labour-Alliance Coalition, I had the authority of government to state that New Zealand would not be part of any nuclear armed military bloc.
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Read more: Sleepwalking to war: NZ is back under the nuclear umbrella
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300564314/sleepwalking-to-war-nz-is-back-under-the-nuclear-umbrella#comments
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