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New Zealand’s Defence Minister Judith Collins has warned that Pacific island nations are under growing pressure from global powers competing for control of the region’s rich seabed minerals and fisheries.
Collins, who visited Washington last week, says the Pacific is becoming a “strategic crossroads” for aid, development, influence, resources, and security.
She says the Pacific was becoming a “strategic crossroads”, not just for aid or development, but for influence, resources and security.