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Author: Checkpoint

Ukrainian troops are set to learn from NZ Defence Force personnel how to use a weapon that's called a light field gun - but the head of NZDF says it's actually "quite a large weapon system".

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018843083/nzdf-to-train-ukrainian-soldiers-in-uk-to-use-l119-gun
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Category: Politics
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Author: Jamie Ensor

Winston Peters has said "serious security concerns" in the Pacific were "avoidable" in a speech where he advocated for New Zealand standing alongside like-minded countries in the region and backing that up with "our finances and resources".  

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/winston-peters-says-pacific-security-concerns-avoidable-united-states-warned-years-ago-of-need-for-cooperation.html
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Category : Opinion
Author: Geoffrey Miller

Opinion - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's trip to the United States this week has been months in the making.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/467695/jacinda-ardern-s-us-trip-biden-s-asia-visit-sets-the-scene
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Category: Defence
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Author: Anna Whyte

New Zealand is sending 30 Defence Force personnel to the UK to train members of the Ukrainian military in using a specific type of gun.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/23/nz-defence-force-will-train-ukrainian-forces-to-use-specific-gun/
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Cabinet has confirmed New Zealand will send a further 30 NZ Defence Force personnel to the UK to train Ukrainian in using a light artillery gun, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/467682/watch-jacinda-ardern-details-ukraine-deployment-us-trip-in-post-cabinet-briefing
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand will deploy 30 Defence Force personnel to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia.

But at no point will the team enter Ukraine. Instead they will be stationed in the United Kingdom until the end of July.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/new-zealand-sending-30-defence-force-personnel-to-europe-to-train-ukraine-s-armed-forces.html
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Category: Politics
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Author: Amelia Wade

The Prime Minister's meeting with the President of the United States at the White House hangs in the balance because she caught COVID-19.

Jacinda Ardern has officially announced her travel itinerary for her trip to America and it includes stops in New York, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/jacinda-ardern-s-white-house-meeting-with-us-president-joe-biden-hangs-in-balance.html
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Category: Politics
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Author: Newshub

Three Members' Bills have been drawn from the ballot allowing law suggestions from MPs that aren't Ministers, including a call from the Green Party to lower New Zealand's voting age to 16.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-calls-for-voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16.html
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