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Author: LOGAN CHURCH

A New Zealand navy officer has been accused of conspiring to import cocaine following one of the biggest international crime busts in modern times.

Darren Miini Kerekere Katipa, 42, was arrested in early June following Operation Van, a long-running investigation into organised crime in New Zealand.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/organised-crime-bust-navy-officer-accused-conspiring-import-cocaine
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Author: RocketLAB

Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand Long Beach, California. August 6, 2021 – Rocket Lab, the leading launch and space systems company, today announced it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from Q4 2021. It will be Rocket Lab’s first launch to the Moon. CAPSTONE (the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) aids NASA’s Artemis program, which includes landing the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon and establishing a long-term presence there.

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Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-nasa-funded-commercial-moon-mission-from-new-zealand
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Author: Geoffrey Miller

As New Zealand's very successful Olympic campaign in Tokyo draws to a close, it's easy to be equally positive and optimistic about the state of New Zealand's wider relationship with Japan.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/448610/geoffrey-miller-nz-s-olympic-sized-relationship-with-japan-may-be-about-to-change
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Author: ODT

The government offered to pay millions of dollars to Rio Tinto just months after promising in the election campaign it would not give a direct subsidy.

The offer is revealed in 25 pages of letters released to RNZ under the OIA, between the mining multinational and ministers over a deal to keep the Tiwai Point smelter from closing early.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/business/documents-reveal-government-offered-pay-millions-rio-tinto
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Category : Podcast
Author: Nine To Noon

Shareholders in Refining NZ vote tomorrow on a recommendation from company directors to turn Marsden Point into a terminal that only imports processed fuels, ending six decades of the country having its own ability to make petrol and diesel. Australia has just brought in a subsidy to keep its only two surviving refineries open, citing the volatile global supply chain.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018806943/could-nz-run-out-of-fuel-if-marsden-pt-oil-refinery-is-closed
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Author: Hannah Martin

New Zealanders will have to accept the risk of going back into lockdown before the year is up with the Delta variant looming, an expert says.

Aotearoa has enjoyed a Covid-free existence for months, and has so far been spared an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta strain which has spread to more than 132 countries.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300373434/covid19-level-4-lockdown-likely-if-delta-variant-takes-hold-in-nz-experts-say
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Author: Baird Maritime

The largest ship ever to be operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is a highly versatile fleet replenishment tanker capable of providing adequate logistical support to deployed units of the RNZN and even others from the New Zealand Defence Forces (NZDF) and friendly nations for extended periods.

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Article: https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/naval-auxiliary-support-vessels/vessel-review-aotearoa-large-supply-tanker-to-support-royal-new-zealand-navys-deployed-task-forces/
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Category: Defence
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Author: Wayne Mapp

Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp forecasts a decline in NZDF deployments over the next three years, and less money to spend. For the time being, he writes, deployments and spending should be targeted closer to home.

The final withdrawal of NZDF personnel from Afghanistan will take place this May. By then New Zealand will have fewer NZDF personnel on overseas deployment than at any time over the last 25 years. It is therefore timely to look ahead for the next three years, being the current term of this government. 

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/04/19/defence-deployments-spending/
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