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The death of trainee diver Zachary Yarwood revealed a poorly governed navy dive school with a culture that pushed students beyond their limits. TONY WALL reports on systemic failings that led to a tragedy.
A week before he died, able diver Zachary Yarwood had become exhausted during a mud run and pulled out of a dive planned for immediately after the event.
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Read more: Damning report reveals navy's dive culture after death of sailor Zach Yarwood
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Last month, we told you about the highs and lows of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Today, we're zooming out to profile the entire Chinese global infrastructure development plan known as the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Read more: China's Great Belt and Road Economic Initiative
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Advance NZ party leader Billy Te Kahika has been met by police in Dunedin after he refused to wear a face mask properly on a flight from Wellington.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2020/09/advance-nz-leader-billy-te-kahika-met-by-police-after-refusing-to-wear-face-mask-properly-on-flight.html
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Technically the flight has the right to make you wear a mask whether there is CoVid-19 or not... you are on their plane and it is their safety rules that you agreed to follow when you bought the ticket.
The Royal Australian Navy and Indian Navy warships have conducted a two-day passage exercise (PASSEX) in the northeast Indian Ocean.
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Read more: Australian, Indian Warships Conduct Passage Exercise in Northeast Indian Ocean
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s upcoming recommendation for a future Navy is expected to call for a significant increase in the number of ships, with officials discussing a fleet as large as 530 hulls, according to documents obtained by Defense News.
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Read more: The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal
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Advance NZ co-leader Jami-Lee Ross says he won't be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, should one be ready soon.
The former National Party MP, whose Advance NZ has teamed up with conspiracy theorist Billy Te Kahika's Public Party, says no one should be taking "rushed vaccines".
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Read more: Advance NZ leader Jami-Lee Ross grilled on COVID-19 claims
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/09/nz-election-2020-advance-nz-leader-jami-lee-ross-grilled-on-covid-19-claims.html
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The covid-19 pandemic is set to increase public debt to levels last seen after the second world war. But is rising public debt a cause for concern? New economic thinking suggests perhaps not, at least for now.
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Read more: Public Debt: how much is too much?
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“Taiwan is only a bargaining chip in the game between the United States and China.” This is how Beijing has been trying to define Taiwan. Taiwan, whose official name is the Republic of China (ROC), has only 15 diplomatic allies in the world, is not a member of the United Nations, and rarely participates in the activities of international organizations. But now She’s coming back to the stage.
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Read more: China's "One China Policy" Failed? Taiwan Is Returning To The World Stage
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