Chinese warships enter Australia's economic zone during live fire drills

Wednesday 26 February 2025 · 6 outlets · 5 reports · updated Wed 26 Feb 2025, 4:28pm

In this story New Zealand Defence Force, Chinese Navy

Three Chinese Navy ships have moved into Australia's exclusive economic zone in the Tasman Sea. The vessels conducted live fire exercises that caused flight diversions, prompting Australian politicians to question why New Zealand took over an hour to notify partners. The New Zealand Defence Force has released images of the task group as it moves west.

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1. NZ HeraldWed 26 Feb 2025, 12:11pm

   Chinese warships enter Australia’s economic zone, new images of fleet released (opens in new tab)

2. RNZWed 26 Feb 2025, 12:45pm

   Chinese ships move inside Australian exclusive economic zone (opens in new tab)

3. Waikato Times via The PostWed 26 Feb 2025, 1:33pm

   Questions being asked over whether NZ should have acted faster on Chinese ships alert (opens in new tab)

   Also on The Press (opens in new tab), The Post (opens in new tab)

4. StuffWed 26 Feb 2025, 1:36pm

   New images of warships released as HMNZS Te Kaha departs monitoring of China navy task group (opens in new tab)

   • Australian intelligence chief says Chinese warships designed to be ‘provocative’ (opens in new tab) Wed 26 Feb 2025, 4:28pm