# Australia's diplomatic blitz across the Pacific

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Podcast: [The Detail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-detail-83432)
Published: 2026-07-24T16:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1332

## Resource

As China tries to gain a military foothold in the Pacific, Australia is fighting back with creative diplomacy, and NZ is joining in Fears of Chinese expansion have both New Zealand and Australia ramping up their diplomatic efforts across the Pacific Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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