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The Auckland level 3 lockdown may have been based on a “false alarm,” a key advisor to the Government says.
But other experts are more cautious about the possibility of the community cases portending a wider community outbreak.
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Read more: Government to make alert level decision after possible 'false alarm' lockdown
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300231947/covid19-government-to-make-alert-level-decision-after-possible-false-alarm-lockdown
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When New Zealanders vote this September, they should consider closing a self-inflicted wound—decades of disarmament and dangerous strategic apathy.
In 1949, a distinguished New Zealand soldier, Major General Sir Howard Kippenberger, warned:
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Read more: New Zealand’s dangerous strategic apathy in an uncertain age
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/new-zealands-dangerous-strategic-apathy-in-an-uncertain-age/
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The Government is not ruling out making QR code scanning compulsory, with COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins saying we're good at signing in when things go awry, but get lax too quickly.
Scanning QR codes takes two seconds and is super simple - and sometimes all we need is a gentle reminder, which is what Hipkins is considering to try and get Kiwis using the app more.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/qr-code-scanning-could-become-law-as-covid-19-response-minister-chris-hipkins-mulls-ideas-to-keep-numbers-up.html
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At least 30 Taliban militants have died in Afghanistan after they blew themselves up during a bomb-making class.
The Khaama Press News Agency said the fighters died when Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) they were learning to construct exploded inside a mosque, quoting a release from the Afghan Army's 209th Shaheen Corps.
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Read more: 30 Taliban militants killed in explosion during bomb-making class
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/30-taliban-militants-killed-in-explosion-during-bomb-making-class/DBKQCRGGYDC6PPNR5SMXBXHOSA/
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Another close contact has tested negative for COVID-19 but several results are still pending as Auckland remains in lockdown for another day.
Three community cases recorded in south Auckland over the weekend prompted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to throw the region into lockdown and the rest of New Zealand into alert level 2.
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Read more: Coronavirus live updates: Latest on Auckland lockdown, community case
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-on-auckland-lockdown-community-case-tuesday-february-16.html
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended cancelling the citizenship of a woman accused of terrorism, leaving New Zealand to pick up the pieces thanks to her dual citizenship.
The woman, a 26-year-old identified as a terrorist belonging to Islamic State by the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, was caught trying to cross the border from Syria with her two children.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-hits-back-at-jacinda-ardern-in-terrorist-citizenship-row.html
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The Defence Force will make public each occasion its soldiers are alleged to have killed civilians, as the military aims to reform itself after the damning Operation Burnham inquiry.
The inquiry last year found the Defence Force had misled ministers and the public about allegations of civilian deaths after the 2010 Special Air Service-led raid in Afghanistan, allegations which top brass failed to properly investigate. No civilians were wrongfully killed in the raid, the inquiry found.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/124212749/defence-force-sets-protocols-for-possible-civilian-casualties-after-damning-operation-burnham-inquiry
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Opinion is split in New Plymouth over whether New Plymouth should be in COVID-19 alert level 3 along with Auckland.
Members of a Papatoetoe family infected with the UK variant of the virus travelled to Taranaki over Waitangi Weekend. The mother and daughter visited several tourist destinations and eateries in and around New Plymouth between February 6 and 8.
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Read more: Some New Plymouth residents want city at level 3
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-some-new-plymouth-residents-want-city-at-level-3.html
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