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Australia and New Zealand occupy a special place in the South Pacific due to their proximity and historical linkages. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade states in its website that Australia values its links with the Pacific Islands and “is committed to playing an active and constructive role in the region of which it is a part.”1 Similarly, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade deems the Pacific region to be “of central importance” and emphasizes that New Zealand has “strong bonds of shared interests: history, culture, trade, family and future” with the region.2 Former foreign minister Winston Peters said in 2006 that “indeed, articulating our role in the Pacific has become a cornerstone of New Zealand’s wide foreign policy.”3
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Yang, J. (2011). Interactions with Australia and New Zealand: Balancing Interests. In: The Pacific Islands in China’s Grand Strategy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230339750_7
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