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Author: Lewis Jackson and Lucy Craymer

New Zealand is facing the most challenging strategic environment in decades amid a great power rivalry and with a military not fit for future challenges, according to a government review that lacked concrete plans to reverse the situation.

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Article: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8295480/new-zealand-to-boost-defence-citing-pacific-challenges/
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Author: Adam Pearse

China can’t expect to exclude New Zealand from its relationships with Pacific countries as the global superpower progresses its “assertive pursuit” in the region.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/new-zealands-message-to-china-in-new-defence-strategy-minister-rejects-country-on-path-to-war/UGD6NI4IQZBOXPYL3C43IT7NWM/
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What I will say is... at least some of the pollies are starting to wake up from their slumber sleep... we will just have to wait and see what the go is... and what the other parties say when the they release the updated DCP.

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Category : Opinion
Author: RNZ

New Zealand's Defence Force will ramp up its readiness for combat, taking a more "proactive and purposeful" approach as part of a new government strategy.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/not-fit-state-nz-ramp-defence-resources
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Author: ABC

Four people are feared dead after an Australian Army helicopter crashed into the ocean off north Queensland - the second emergency involving the trouble-plagued MRH90 Taipan fleet in less than six months.

It is not clear yet what caused the helicopter to ditch into waters near Hamilton Island about 10.30pm on Friday (local time) during a two-helicopter training mission.

But it came just months after another incident involving a Taipan helicopter off the New South Wales south coast.

In March, 10 ADF personnel - including special forces soldiers - had to be rescued after the MRH90 ditched into the sea at Jervis Bay during counterterrorism exercises.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/494805/exploring-the-troubled-history-of-the-australian-army-s-taipan-helicopters
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Category: World
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Author: Kelly Ng

The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption".

Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in western Herat province.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/494903/afghanistan-taliban-burn-immoral-musical-instruments
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Author: RNZ

Human remains have been found in the search zone where an Australian Army helicopter crashed into the sea in Queensland's Whitsundays last week.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/495100/human-remains-found-near-wreckage-of-mrh90-taipan-helicopter-in-queensland-s-whitsundays
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Author: Reuters

Poland said on Tuesday it was rushing troops to its eastern border after accusing Belarus, Russia's closest ally, of violating its airspace with military helicopters.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/poland-sends-troops-to-border-after-belarus-allegedly-violates-airspace.html
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Category: Politics
Category : Analysis
Author: Lloyd Burr

Auckland's got sinkholes, the rest of the country has potholes, and in Wellington, National's being accused of having a fiscal hole in its transport plan. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/08/election-2023-national-leaves-door-open-to-china-funding-new-new-zealand-roads.html
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Well he lost my vote... not that he ever had it... However he better not... as Andrew Little, the GCSB and NZSIS minister, said: "You might have to talk to other countries that have a lot of Chinese construction going on in them."
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