Category : News
Author: George Block

The maiden Kiwi voyage of the Navy's new ship has been knocked back as coronavirus continues to conspire against HMNZS Aotearoa.

Meanwhile, some of its new crew have been siphoned off to help with Operation Protect, the Defence Force’s (NZDF) contribution to the national Covid-19 response, which includes providing security at managed isolation and quarantines facilities.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300164085/hmnzs-aotearoa-covid19-again-scuppers-bestlaid-plans-for-navys-big-new-ship?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Category : News
Author: Mike Hosking

Ardern's comments follow last week's diplomatic stoush last week between countries in the Five Eyes intelligence group - New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States - and the world's most populous country.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/jacinda-ardern-on-covid-19-vaccine-apec-house-prices-and-five-eyes
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Category : Defence
Author: New Zealand Defence Force

Our personnel from No. 3 Squadron and No. 6 Squadron have been hard at work airlifting much needed infrastructure from Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Canterbury to the atolls in Tokelau.

Article: https://www.facebook.com/NZDefenceForce/photos/pcb.3426053300765125/3426053200765135
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Category : News
Author: China in Focus - NTD

A third rich entrepreneur has been suppressed in China. He shared information about the violent history of the Chinese Communist Party on a messaging app.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQmzHRCLnp0
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Category : News
Author: defsec

The Defence Industry Advisory Council’s Greg Lowe presented at the July NZDIA Member Meeting on supply chain resilience and linking NZ and Australian defence industries via the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2020/10/16/sovereign-capability-supply-chain-resilience/
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Category : News
Author: Rachel Sadler

A doctor in the United Kingdom has spoken out against the "damaging" conspiracy theories and misinformation he's heard during the pandemic.

David Oliver, an NHS consultant physician currently managing two COVID-19 wards, wrote for the Manchester Evening News he wanted "to explain how damaging it can be when some individuals or groups pump out untruths, distortions, bile and blame" around the frontline response to the virus.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/11/coronavirus-uk-doctor-hits-out-at-damaging-conspiracy-theorists.html
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Author: Scott Palmer

The Trump administration is pulling the plug on emergency Federal Reserve lending programs set up to help the US weather the coronavirus shock, leading to fears it's pursuing a scorched-earth policy on its way out of power.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/11/trump-administration-s-scorched-earth-policy-that-could-destroy-economy-on-way-out.html
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China has rejected the latest attack on its Hong Kong policy by the Five Eyes nations, including New Zealand, saying they “should face up to the reality” that the former British colony has been returned to China.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300163234/china-says-nz-other-five-eyes-nations-should-face-reality-on-hong-kong
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