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Category : Defence
Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s new defense minister has a lot on her plate.

The government appointed Judith Collins to the role in October. She’s also the attorney general; the minister for the Government Communications Security Bureau; the minister in charge of digitizing the government; the minister of the Security Intelligence Service; the minister of science, innovation and technology; and the minister of space.

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Article: https://www.defensenews.com/interviews/2024/02/08/new-zealands-defense-minister-talks-strategy-supply-chains-and-aukus/
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Author: 1News Reporters

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says Phil Goff's position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is now "untenable" after remarks he made about Donald Trump, which he described as "deeply disappointing".

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/06/peters-says-goffs-role-in-uk-untenable-after-trump-remark/
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Author: Alexander Gillespie and Robert G. Patman

The aftermath of one of the most undiplomatic - and notorious - White House meetings in recent history reveals a changed world.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/543865/america-or-europe-why-trump-s-ukraine-u-turn-is-a-fork-in-the-road-for-new-zealand
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Author: CNN Staff, CNN

President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in his Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/543855/fact-checking-trump-s-address-to-congress
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Category: Politics
Category : Analysis
Author: Giles Dexter

Potential tariffs on New Zealand agricultural exports to the United States are concerning, the trade and investment minister says, but he is confident NZ's trade is resilient and diverse enough to weather the worst.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543871/tariff-wars-trade-minister-plans-to-make-the-case-on-relationship-with-us-counterparts
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Author: Marian Faa and Stephen Dziedzic

Papua New Guinea's Foreign MinisterJustin Tkatchenko says he was not notified about a sophisticated drone that flew into the country's air space around the time a Chinese naval vessel navigated the border between PNG and Australia.

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Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/drone-spotted-near-australian-png-border/105005862
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

Chinese warships firing in the Tasman Sea, security-troubling agreements between Beijing and the Cook Islands, US President Trump backing Russia’s Putin while bullying allies and loosely talking of territorial expansion - how will New Zealand make its way in this new world order? Thomas Manch reports.

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Article: https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360593360/defending-new-zealand-trump-putin-and-xis-new-world-order
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Category : Analysis
Author: Matthew Sussex

Analysis - Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital, plundered its own political system, attacked its partners and supplicated itself before its far weaker enemies as rapidly and brazenly as Donald Trump's America?

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/543559/in-siding-with-russia-trump-is-not-putting-america-first-he-is-hastening-its-decline
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  1. Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine
  2. 'Tough watch': PM Luxon says of Trump-Zelensky argument
  3. New Zealand needs to 'step up' on defence spending, Winston Peters says
  4. Ukraine ambassador ‘thankful’ for NZ support after White House row

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