Is NZ jumping out of the Chinese fire and into the Indian frying pan?
New Zealand wants to replace China with India, but what if we’re just swapping one problem for another?
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#Clip: ANZAC Interview with Minister of Defence – Can NZ Military defend the Realm of NZ?
Can New Zealand defend itself alone? Chris Penk joins Martyn Bradbury to discuss Pacific tensions, China and NZ’s military future.
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Is it WW3 yet? Evaluating the Iran war as part of a larger globalised conflict
We’re asking the wrong question about Iran. It’s not “will this escalate?” — it’s whether we’re already in World War 3 and pretending we’re not.
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Credit where it’s due – well done Winston on Cook Islands reconnect
I’ll happily hammer Winston when he deserves it — but this time he’s done the job. Rebuilding ties with the Cook Islands is exactly what New Zealand should have been doing.
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Why are we allowing America to encroach into our Realm while complaining about China?
Why is New Zealand allowing US expansion in the Pacific while warning about China? A look at defence, diplomacy and the Realm.
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War on Iran is an illegal and murderous adventure that must be stopped
The US and Israel’s attack on Iran risks a wider war, humanitarian catastrophe and economic crisis as global opposition to the conflict grows.
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MEDIAWATCH: SkyKiwi nothing but a goon for Communist China
This is unbelievable… Stoush over Chinese media ‘censorship’ in Skykiwi forum A tribunal has found Chinese-media outlet SkyKiwi did not…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update
NATO countries plan more exercises in the Pacific In mid-2024, German, Spanish and French aircraft will participate in a series…
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‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?
Where were the hard media questions in Suva — whether “western or Pacific-style” — about West Papua and Indonesian human rights abuses against a Melanesian neighbour? Surely here was a prime case in favour of doorstopping with a fresh outbreak of violations by Indonesian security forces – an estimated 21,000 troops are now deployed in Papua and West Papua provinces — in the news coinciding with the Forum unfolding last week.
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UPDATE: The horror of China’s mass surveillance predictive state
The true horror of what China is mutating into under its authoritarian Communist mass surveillance state is becoming clearer.
