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White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell says he expects more high-level US officials to visit Pacific island countries as Washington steps up its engagement to counter China in the strategically important region.
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Read more: US vows more high-level engagement with Pacific islands amid China push
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/469733/us-vows-more-high-level-engagement-with-pacific-islands-amid-china-push
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"It's really pushing the envelope as a commercially owned spacecraft operating at the Moon."
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Read more: For the first time, a small rocket will launch a private spacecraft to the Moon
- Article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/for-the-first-time-a-small-rocket-will-launch-a-private-spacecraft-to-the-moon/
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In February last year, a 1News investigation revealed Air New Zealand's Gas Turbines team had been fixing engines for the Saudi navy which was fuelling the humanitarian conflict in Yemen.
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Read more: Air NZ quit work for Taiwan, Turkey navies after top-secret Govt call
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/22/air-nz-stopped-work-for-taiwan-turkey-navies-after-govt-concern/
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Taiwan scrambled jets on Tuesday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone, including bombers that flew to the south of the island and into the Pacific, in the latest uptick in tensions and largest incursion since late May.
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Read more: Taiwan scrambles jets to warn off 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/taiwan-scrambles-jets-to-warn-off-29-chinese-aircraft-in-its-air-defence-zone.html
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In March 2022, the Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the 2020/21 Annual Review of the Ministry of Defence and the NZDF, noted in the section headed ‘Strategic competition and co-operation in the Pacific’ that, “We heard that there will not be a white paper in 2022. However, Defence will be recommending to Ministers terms of reference that look at the development of defence policy settings in a more proactive approach, and the force structure that would support those settings.”
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Read more: What direction now for New Zealand Defence Policy and Capability?
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/06/17/what-direction-now-for-new-zealand-defence-policy-and-capability/
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Leaked audio from a what is claimed to be a top-secret meeting of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has exposed its plans to begin mobilisation efforts to prepare for war with Taiwan.
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Read more: Leaked audio allegedly reveals China's plan to invade Taiwan
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/leaked-audio-allegedly-reveals-china-s-plan-to-invade-taiwan.html
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Russia threatened on Tuesday (local time) to punish Lithuania with measures that would have a "serious negative impact" for blocking some shipments by rail to Moscow's Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad, the latest dispute over sanctions imposed over war in Ukraine.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/ukraine-invasion-russia-threatens-lithuania-with-consequences-over-rail-transit-blockade.html
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This week’s White House meeting between Jacinda Ardern and Joe Biden reflected a world undergoing rapid change. But of all the shared challenges discussed, there was one that kept appearing in the leaders’ joint statement – China in the Pacific.
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- Article: https://theconversation.com/to-meet-the-chinese-challenge-in-the-pacific-nz-needs-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-184315
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