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New Zealand’s high commissioner to Australia, Dame Annette King, said Aukus in no way changed the security and intelligence ties New Zealand had with Australia, the US and Britain.

While New Zealand would never be involved in the development of nuclear-powered submarines, King said it welcomed the US and Britain’s increased engagement in the Indo-pacific region.

‘‘We have reiterated our collective objective to deliver peace and stability in our region and the preservation of an international rulesbased system,’’ she told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in an interview ahead of New Zealand hosting the Apec summit’s leaders’ meeting next month.

Britain’s departing Chief of the Defence Staff, Nicholas Carter, last week suggested the trilateral security pact could be expanded to include other allies such as Japan, New Zealand and Canada.

Asked whether New Zealand would like to join Aukus to collaborate on other technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, King said: ‘‘It’s been made clear to us that other countries are going to be welcome to be involved in other parts of the architecture’’.

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