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- Category : Defence
Unexpected Chinese naval activities in the Tasman Sea that forced commercial airlines to divert from possible live fire exercises, have sent top New Zealand and Australian politicians seeking answers and information.
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- Category : Opinion
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has advice for New Zealand as it considers joining defence and technology agreement AUKUS.
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Read more: Scott Morrison: The company that could give NZ a big AUKUS boost
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/15/scott-morrison-the-company-that-could-give-nz-a-big-aukus-boost/
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- Category : Analysis
The Australian and New Zealand militaries are monitoring three Chinese warships moving unusually far south along Australia’s east coast on an unknown mission, officials said Thursday.
The Australian government revealed a week ago that the warships had traveled through Southeast Asia and the Coral Sea and were approaching northeast Australia.
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Read more: Australian and New Zealand militaries monitoring Chinese warships off Australian coast
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360588914/australian-and-new-zealand-militaries-monitoring-chinese-warships-australian-coast
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- Category : News
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) says New Zealand received no notice from China that it would be sending three navy ships to the Tasman Sea.
Defence Minister Judith Collins said China was exercising its rights under the UN convention on the law of the sea, that they can travel through those seas.
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Read more: NZ Defence Force says 'no notice given' from China about navy ships in the Tasman Sea
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542460/nz-defence-force-says-no-notice-given-from-china-about-navy-ships-in-the-tasman-sea
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- Category : Defence
The Defence Force admits it will have to stop doing a "raft" of things and scale down missions due to its financial crunch.
On Tuesday it confirmed it had a $360m deficit looming next year, after RNZ revealed that earlier in the day.
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Read more: Defence Force to stop 'raft' of things due to financial crunch
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535622/defence-force-to-stop-raft-of-things-due-to-financial-crunch
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Analysis - Everywhere Trump's "eye of Sauron" lands, ructions follow - Gaza, Ukraine, Europe.
Next up, will it be this side of the world, as the US doubles down on the Indo-Pacific as its number one theatre of what the Pentagon calls the "Great Power Competition"?
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Read more: NZ faces dilemma as Trump demands more defence spending
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/542250/nz-faces-dilemma-as-trump-demands-more-defence-spending
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- Category : Defence
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- Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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Denying terrorist and criminal organisations the funds to conduct illicit activities will be the primary aim of HMNZS Te Kaha, which sailed from Devonport Naval Base for the Middle East region.
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- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/royal-new-zealand-navy-frigate-sails-to-disrupt-terrorist-criminal-activities-in-middle-east/
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