Category : News
Author: Mark Quinlivan

Three new community COVID-19 cases have been detected in south Auckland, officials have confirmed.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/covid-19-live-updates-two-coronavirus-cases-detected-in-south-auckland-community.html
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Category : News
Author: Sebastian Rowe-Munday

Lost amid the fall-out from the so called ‘vaccine wars’ between the UK and EU over the past few days has been the impact felt on other nations. While the UK press has focussed on the potential for the EU to block shipments of the Pfizer vaccine to the UK, less attention has been given to the fact that many countries worldwide are entirely dependent on vaccines manufactured in the EU.

Article: https://mallarduk.com/vaccine-soft-power-a-canzuk-strategy-sebastian-rowe-munday/
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Author: Matt Burrows

It's over. Having racked up nine days without a community case, another coronavirus scare has successfully been contained without ballooning into a full-blown outbreak.

We're safe again, for now.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-nz-covid-tracer-app-messaging-from-health-officials-need-an-overhaul-software-developer.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Nighthawk

So the Type 31 and the Upgraded New Zealand ANZAC frigate what are the differences. Which is better. The upgraded ANZAC or Type31

Now to be totally fair here the Type 31e (e for export) is made to the customers requirements. And the 250 Million pound per frigate is only the hull not counting any systems or weapons.

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Barristers say proposal would give head of immigration ‘unfettered power’ to stop people leaving the city without any court process. The influential Hong Kong Bar Association has spoken out against a government proposal that could give “apparently unfettered power” to the immigration director to stop anyone leaving the city.

The Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA) expressed alarm on Friday in a paper submitted to the city’s legislative council about the proposed law, which could bar any individual – whether resident or not – from boarding a carrier out of the financial hub.

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/hong-kong-alarm-over-proposed-law-that-could-ban-anyone-from-leaving
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Author: DefSec

How has Defence pivoted in order to continue delivering capability during COVID, and what challenge does the Information Domain present?  Mike Yardley, the Ministry of Defence’s Deputy Secretary Capability Delivery, speaks with Nicholas Dynon.

Mike Yardley began his military career in 1981 as a Navigator in No. 5 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. He reached the rank of Air Vice-Marshal, serving as Chief of Air Force, prior to being appointed Deputy Secretary Capability Delivery, Ministry of Defence, in March 2016.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/01/21/defence-covid-pivot/
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Author: Reuters & Dan Satherley

China has refused to give the World Health Organization (WHO) raw data on its early COVID-19 cases, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing WHO investigators, who it said described heated exchanges over lack of detail.

The world health agency officials said raw, personalised data could help them determine how and when the coronavirus first spread in China, the newspaper said. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/02/coronavirus-china-won-t-hand-over-early-covid-19-data-to-who-which-hasn-t-ruled-out-lab-leak-as-source-of-pandemic.html
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Author: RNZ

As the country prepares for its first COVID jabs, quarantine free trans-Tasman travel remains a looming possibility as long as Australia doesn't pull the plug over small outbreaks, Chris Hipkins says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today that the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in New Zealand next week, earlier than expected.

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