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Kiwis are renowned for being flightless, but they may soon be equally well known for their agility in the water, based on the plethora of documents released by the New Zealand government on both the composition and tasks expected of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Read more: The New Zealand Defence Force’s expanding amphibious capability
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-new-zealand-defence-forces-expanding-amphibious-capability/
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A young sailor was caught dealing drugs at Devonport Naval Base after test cheating accusations attracted Military Police attention.
Drug-related text chatter dug up in a cellphone search led to Ordinary Weapon Technician Cadell Heney and a comrade being hauled before the Court Martial of New Zealand.
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Read more: Sailors drug dealing at Devonport Naval Base uncovered by test cheating inquiry
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A leading economist says that applying New Zealand's top tax rate to earnings over $70,000 means that middle-class Kiwis are hurting and the income threshold should be increased.
Speaking to The AM Show on Monday, Cameron Bagrie of Bagrie Economics said that taking $0.33c in the dollar from income over $70,000 is "just ridiculous."
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Read more: Top tax rate threshold should be raised
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/02/top-tax-rate-threshold-should-be-raised-economist.html?fbclid=IwAR2i76rzJTmcQSVqHWcX_jdhfMJ6p8GiWIV1iP2K_lU7GN3iHNMoTj1kkkA
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Rocket Lab has won a $15.5 million Nasa contract to launch a small satellite to the moon next year.
The tech company will send a satellite into the same lunar orbit targeted by Nasa for Gateway, an outpost to be used by astronauts before descending to the moon's surface.
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Read more: Rocket Lab wins Nasa contract to provide 'ride to the moon' for small satellite mission
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More than three tonnes of illegal drugs were seized at New Zealand's border last year.
The seizures mean that an estimated $1.4 billion of potential social harm from methamphetamine was prevented, Customs New Zealand says.
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Read more: More than three tonnes of drugs seized at New Zealand border in 2019
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Rolls-Royce designed, Environship concept is award-winning, highly efficient ship that incorporates a striking wave piercing bow, world leading gas powered engines and an innovative Promas propulsion system.
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Read more: Environship concept
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Analysis of the political and strategic implications of Brexit crisis in UK for its standing amongst its traditional allies. Interview, Bruce Munro, Global Insight, ODT, 21 Nov. 2019.
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Read more: Brexit, the Russia Report, and UK's Five Eyes Alliance Membership
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France has reported the first death in Europe of a person infected with the new virus from China, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who two French hospitals initially turned away when he first fell ill, French authorities said.
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Read more: Person in France dies of COVID-19 coronavirus in first death outside Asia
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