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New Zealand's inability to contribute naval frigates to a US-led operation near Iran may seem embarrassing - but as Robert Ayson writes, it may actually demonstrate we don't need the vessels at all.
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Read more: Farewell to New Zealand’s frigates?
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/23/767568/farewell-to-new-zealands-frigates
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Residents in Los Angeles and Orange County warned to check for symptoms after an infected NZ teen visited theme parks including Disneyland and Universal Studios earlier this month.
Californian health authorities have issued warnings to residents and visitors after a New Zealand teenager was found to have spent five days in the US state while infectious with measles. The reports come as both the US and New Zealand grapple with the worst outbreaks of measles for more than two decades, with scientists sounding the alarm about insufficient take-up of vaccination.
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Read more: Oh great, New Zealand might have just given Disneyland measles
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/25-08-2019/oh-great-new-zealand-might-have-just-given-disneyland-measles/
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Britain asked New Zealand whether it could help patrol the Strait of Hormuz following the seizure of oil tankers by Iran, but we didn't have any boats to send, the Minister of Defence says.
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Read more: New Zealand has no boats to send to Strait of Hormuz: Defence Minister Ron Mark
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12260633
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Read more: Where are the Frigates?
- Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/where-are-the-frigates
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August 14, 2019 – The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) took time in early August to conduct professional exchanges while off Samoa and in American Samoa.
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Read more: USCG & RNZN Conduct Professional Exchanges During Operations in Oceania
- Article: https://seawaves.com/2019/08/14/uscg-rnzn-conduct-professional-exchanges-during-operations-in-oceania/
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Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced on 17 August that Tranche Two of the Network Enabled Army programme has been approved and will commence this year.
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Read more: Next stage of Network Enabled Army programme to begin
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2019/08/17/network-enabled-army-two/
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Delivered under a US$22 million contract to enhance the nation’s airborne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability, this is the first time the technology has been installed on P-3 Orion aircraft anywhere in the world.
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Read more: Boeing Completes Upgrade Of RNZAF P-3K2 Orion MPAs
- Article: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/08/boeing-completes-upgrade-of-rnzaf-p-3k2-orion-mpas/
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Boeing recently upgraded the Royal NZ Air Force’s (RNZAF) fleet of six P-3K2 Orion aircraft with new acoustics processing and training simulation technology.
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Read more: Boeing completes ASW upgrades on Kiwi Orions
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