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Author: Thomas Manch

At a January meeting between a Chinese general and New Zealand’s defence secretary, there was one Pacific issue that New Zealand wanted to speak about in detail – the Solomon Islands.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128257356/nz-defence-secretary-raises-solomon-islands-concerns-with-chinese-general
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Author: Reuters

Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region in the next few weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday (local time), adding that allies had time to help prepare the Ukrainian military.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-nato-says-russia-regrouping-to-try-to-take-ukraine-s-donbas-region.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand has joined other countries in seeking reassurance from China that parents will be able to stay with their children during COVID isolation periods amid reports young kids are being made to isolate away from their families. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/new-zealand-seeks-reassurance-from-china-children-can-stay-with-parents-during-covid-isolation-amid-reports-of-separation.html
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It isn't every day the small-government Act party calls on Labour to spend more money, but that is exactly what leader David Seymour did in Question Time on Tuesday.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-challenges-jacinda-ardern-to-lift-defence-spending/BL6IRT7F4M7AFKE6YHXVLTTUJE/
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has released a statement in relation to a story aired on Australian television overnight alleging incidents of brutality by an Australian soldier that were reportedly witnessed by NZ soldiers in East Timor in 1999.

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Article: https://insidegovernment.co.nz/nzdf-responds-to-east-timor-allegations/
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Author: Irra Lee

National leader Christopher Luxon has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal", as disturbing reports continue to emerge from the war in Ukraine.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/05/luxon-calls-putin-a-war-criminal-as-bodies-litter-ukraine-streets/
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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern "absolutely accepts" the global security situation has "changed considerably" in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

"These events demonstrate the changing strategic environment that New Zealand is operating in," Ardern said in Parliament on Tuesday, in response to questions from ACT leader David Seymour. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/ukraine-war-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-absolutely-accepts-global-security-situation-has-changed-considerably.html
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Author: Emile Donovan

New Zealand and Australia have expressed concern over a new security deal between China and Solomon Islands. The Detail takes a closer look at whether that concern is warranted, or whether it's geopolitical business as usual.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018836909/should-nz-be-worried-about-the-china-solomons-security-deal
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  2. Russia faces new wave of revulsion and outrage over bodies in Ukraine's streets
  3. 'Two Russian soldiers dead and 28 in hospital' after eating poisoned pastries from Ukrainian villagers
  4. Investigation uncovers shocking NZ SAS statements about Australian soldier in East Timor

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