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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-794/
- Published: 2023-07-30T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-30T04:53:37.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, World Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> Almost 30,000 personnel from New Zealand, Australia, the United States and ten other countries have been taking part in war games in Queensland as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre – though they have been paused due to an Australian military helicopter crash.  
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> The Green Party’s defence spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman said it was alarming to see the defence force participate in the militarisation of the Pacific.  
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> “China and the US are engaged in some kind of competition over the Pacific right now and New Zealand must display a principled, independent voice and lift our Pacific neighbours above the interests of these overly-militarised superpowers.”  
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> *[Newshub](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/07/green-party-concerned-by-new-zealand-defence-force-s-participation-in-australian-war-games.html?ref=goodoil.news)*

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