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Putting the NZ back into ANZUS: Why a fleeting reference means a lot
The New Zealand-US component of ANZUS was suspended in the 1980s because Wellington refused to admit American Navy vessels that were nuclear-powered, or that might be carrying nuclear weapons, into its ports. Buried in paragraph 21 of today’s joint …