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The National Party says New Zealand troops stationed in Iraq should not "cut and run", advising the Government to keep troops on the ground.
On Wednesday, Iran launched its retaliation for the US-orchestrated killing of top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles were fired at two military bases in Iraq, the complexes known to house both US and Iraqi troops.
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Read more: MIDDLE EAST Iran missile attacks: National wants to keep New Zealand troops in Iraq
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/01/iran-missile-attacks-national-wants-to-keep-new-zealand-troops-in-iraq.html
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New Zealand is set to experience drier and calmer weather than normal, according to WeatherWatch.
The North Island and parts of the South Island will feel warm sub-tropical northerly-quarter winds from Friday to Saturday, followed by a brief phase of cooler and windier weather on Sunday and Monday.
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Read more: Drier, calmer, warmer weather heading to New Zealand
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/weather-drier-calmer-warmer-weather-heading-to-new-zealand.html
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Video has emerged of a New Zealand Defence Force Boeing 757 flying as low as 90 metres above Kerikeri in Northland, before climbing to a higher altitude and leaving the area.
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Read more: NZ Defence Force plane stuns locals as it skims houses in Northland
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2020/01/video-nz-defence-force-plane-stuns-locals-as-it-skims-houses-in-northland.html
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New Zealand's withdrawal from Iraq looks "inevitable" following Iranian missiles strikes against bases hosting United States troops, former Minister of Defence Wayne Mapp says.
The NZDF is, meanwhile, investigating claims New Zealand's base in Iraq has also been hit.
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Read more: NZ withdrawal from Iraq now 'inevitable': former Defence Minister
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/front-page-top-stories/news/article.cfm?c_id=698&objectid=12298918
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Some New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel just deployed to Australia's bushfire crisis may be headed for biodiversity-rich Kangaroo Island, where around 155,000ha of pristine land has been scorched.
Around 100 NZDF personnel were today flown across the Tasman to help Australia battle the unprecedented fires, now burning across several states.
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Read more: NZDF personnel may be deployed to fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/front-page-top-stories/news/article.cfm?c_id=698&objectid=12298936&ref=rss
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Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general early Wednesday, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops and warning the United States and its allies in the region not to retaliate.
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Read more: Iran fires missiles at US airbase in Iraq, US Pentagon confirms
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/118657614/iran-fires-missiles-at-us-airbase-in-iraq-iran-state-tv-reports
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The Defence Force is investigating claims Iranian missiles have hit a base at Taji, Iraq, where Kiwi troops are based, a Defence Force spokesman has confirmed.
Intelligence organisation DWS claimed Iranian missiles struck Taji on Wednesday afternoon.
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Read more: Defence minister 'concerned' about Iraq situation amid claims of more missiles
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/118659153/defence-minister-concerned-about-iraq-situation-but-affirms-faith-in-kiwi-troops-nzdf-bosses
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(CNN)Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi bases that hold US troops in what appears to be retaliation for the American airstrike that killed a top Iranian general last week, the Pentagon said Tuesday, confronting President Donald Trump with the biggest test of his presidency to date.
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Read more: Iran attacks two Iraqi bases housing US forces in revenge for Soleimani's death
- Article: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/rockets-us-airbase-iraq/index.html
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