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Foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta accepts China has become more assertive in the region but says approach will remain essentially unchanged
New Zealand’s foreign minister has defended herself against accusations of complacency in the wake of China’s dramatic push for greater influence in the Pacific region, saying New Zealand does “not need to be reactive to any other agenda from any other country”.
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- Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/04/we-dont-need-to-be-reactive-new-zealand-keeps-faith-in-its-foreign-policy-amid-china-pacific-push
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The Prime Minister has defended Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta amid criticism she has been absent in the portfolio by not travelling to the Pacific like her Australian and Chinese counterparts recently have.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-frustrated-by-criticism-over-nanaia-mahuta-s-absence-from-pacific.html
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Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday (local time), as his troops battled street-to-street in Sievierodonetsk in one of the bloodiest land battles of the war.
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Russia took aim on Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of long-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.”
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Read more: Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/06/russia-hits-kyiv-with-missiles-putin-warns-west-on-arms/
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The federal government says it will not be intimidated by the dangerous actions of a Chinese aircraft towards an Australian surveillance plane in the South China Sea last month.
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- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/468560/australia-government-says-it-won-t-be-deterred-by-chinese-intimidation-tactics-in-south-china-sea
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A contingent from the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and its taua, or warrior party, wowed crowds as it took part in celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in London.
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Russia should not close the US embassy despite the crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine because the world's two biggest nuclear powers must continue to talk, the US ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday (local time).
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Read more: US ambassador urges Russia not to close embassy in Moscow
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The balance of power in the Pacific has shifted, and it is not in New Zealand’s favour.
China's Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi has been on a marathon tour across the Pacific Islands - as Beijing tried to close a sweeping trade and security deal with 10 countries in the region.
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Read more: Just as Ardern was hoping for a foreign policy win, her Government was found wanting.
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