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The Automobile Association is warning of 'mayhem' at the pumps when the Government's fuel tax discount ends in June.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson confirmed the timing in an interview with Newstalk ZB on Friday morning, saying we "have to move through these emergency measures".

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2023/04/grant-robertson-confirms-end-to-fuel-tax-discount-aa-warns-of-rush-on-petrol-at-end-of-june.html
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

The Ministry of Defence is poised to go shopping for proposals on acquiring drones, as well as look at buying about $1 billion worth of maritime helicopters.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488588/ministry-of-defence-sets-sights-on-new-maritime-helicopters-and-drones
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Category : Opinion
Author: Mark Quinlivan

New Zealand consumer prices fell in the year to March despite the cost of food skyrocketing, but surprisingly lower fuel costs helped to cool underlying inflation. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/04/cpi-reaction-nz-s-inflation-comes-in-cooler-than-expected-but-opposition-brands-govt-disconnected-from-realities-of-working-kiwis.html
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Category: World
Category : News
Author: Reuters

The Russian military has launched a video campaign to lure more professional soldiers to fight in Ukraine which challenges those interested to show they are "a real man" and swap what it casts as hum-drum civilian life for the battlefield.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/04/ukraine-invasion-russia-expands-war-recruitment-drive-with-video-ad-calling-for-real-men.html
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Andy Brew

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest and largest ship, the HMNZS Aotearoa, has been practising its manoeuvres in the Marlborough Sounds.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/131808680/navys-newest-and-biggest-ship-undergoes-training-drills-in-picton-harbour
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Category: Defence
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Author: APDR

Following the news that New Zealand expressed its willingness in joining the non-nuclear ‘pillar two’ of the AUKUS agreement that involves working on several emerging technologies, Harshavardhan Dabbiru, Defence Analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers his view:

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Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/globaldata-new-zealand-potential-involvement-in-aukus-may-enhance-regional-security-challenges/
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Category: Defence
Category : Analysis

The days of a separate frontline and back office are gone. In both peace and conflict, and the grey zone in between, the Defence Force exploits a digital eco-system to deliver domain mastery, and operational and organisational excellence objectives as part of its strategy.

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2023/03/29/nzdf-cio-data-and-decision-making-in-the-nzdf/
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Sam Sachdeva

The latest of more than 30 reports on the future of Devonport’s naval base has recommended against closing it altogether - but a back-up facility in the north may be on the way.

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