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Category : News
Author: TVNZ: 1News

After multiple faults and breakdowns, a former defence minister is calling on the Government to replace the ageing planes used to deliver NZDF equipment and transport VIPs.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/08/pms-plane-ridiculous-former-defence-minister/
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 This should be an easy sell, as it doesn't have any whiz bang pew pew guns or bombs...
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: RNZ & Nighthawk

A review of New Zealand's defence policy and strategy has been announced by Minister of Defence Peeni Henare.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/470522/ukraine-war-climate-change-add-urgency-to-defence-review-defence-minister-says
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 Oh for fuck sakes lets spend more on a review when we already know the answer... and lets just kick the can down the road so the next government has to deal with it... Where the fuck are your balls man... worst and weakest defence Minister New Zealand has ever had. (Which is saying a lot)
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Category : News
Author: Nighthawk

Is the grass really greener in Australia? Dmitro Mikalshevskiy shared his experience of moving across the ditch to escape the cost of living crisis crushing Kiwis.

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Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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Category : News
Author: Sharon Brettkelly

Trade negotiators - with the help of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - have got the free trade agreement with the European Union done. But is it worth the compromises that have had to be made?

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018848579/getting-the-eu-trade-deal-across-the-line
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

Around $224,000 worth of vehicles have been seized by police as part of Operation Weirton.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/07/224000-worth-of-cars-motorbikes-seized-by-police/
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/07/boris-johnson-quits-as-uk-prime-minister-dragged-down-by-scandals.html
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Category: Science
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Author: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — NASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem.

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Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2022/07/06/nasa-loses-contact-capstone-moon-spacecraft/7818599001/
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 Apparently communications have been re-established...
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

A team of civilian doctors and nurses, NZDF personnel and a seven-tonne generator have left New Zealand this morning on board a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules bound for Niue to assist with the recent COVID-19 outbreak and power outages.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/nzdf-flies-team-to-support-niue-in-covid-19-outbreak/
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 When they retire the C-130H in a year or 2 I hope they get a good outro... undecided They deserve it...
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