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Military analysts think Labour's victory at the general election will put some Defence Force changes and purchases on the backburner.
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Read more: Uncertainty around billions in Defence Force spending
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/429383/uncertainty-around-billions-in-defence-force-spending
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Lift-off of the 'In Focus' mission for Planet and Canon occurred at 21:21 UTC on October 28 2020 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Pad A on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
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Green MP Golriz Ghahraman fears ACT leader David Seymour's call to abolish the "hard-left" Human Rights Commission "shows how far" the party has "moved to the extreme right".
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/greens-fear-act-has-moved-to-the-extreme-right-over-call-to-abolish-hard-left-human-rights-commission.html
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That's right... Act is there to stop the Greens going to far to the left...
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For decades, humans have been trying to make a plane that can reach space and return to Earth by way of a runway. Space shuttles aside, only now is the dawn of the space plane finally upon us. In this episode, Ashlee Vance reports on a New Zealand company that has built its own space-plane prototype. Dawn Aerospace hopes to establish a cheap, quick way to transport objects into orbit, and in doing so transform the commercialization of space.
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Read more: Dawn of the Space Plane
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVNWykniFHY
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Now before I start... those that know me, follow this website, know I want a stronger defence force, and I want to raise defence spending.
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New Zealand exports have been holding up well despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Stats NZ says.
Figures for the year to September show the country has had its best goods trade surplus in nearly six years, since 2014 when dairy prices were very high.
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Read more: Fall in imports, healthy exports leads to trade milestone
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123214453/fall-in-imports-healthy-exports-leads-to-trade-milestone
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New Zealand has recorded another day of zero new cases of COVID-19 in the community - but as we make the most of the freedoms that are the envy of the rest of the world, a Kiwi company has taken a huge leap towards trialling its very own COVID-19 vaccine.
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Read more: The Kiwi company closing in on world-first bio-bead COVID-19 vaccine trial
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BRUSSELS — After a lengthy trend downward in defense spending, there has been, “for the first time in many years,” three consecutive years of increases, said NATO’s annual report for 2017.
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Read more: Here's how much NATO allies spent on defense in 2017
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/03/15/results-are-in-heres-how-much-nato-allies-spent-on-defense-in-2017/
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An older article but interesting. I thought NZ was bad hovering around 1.3% but Luxembourg at 0.46% damn...
But remember this is more of an opinion piece so take with a grain of salt.
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