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BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – The incoming government should extend the six most senior commanders in the NZDF for another two or three years (staggered) as a priority. The New Zealand Defence Force Galaxy comprises a 3-Star, six 2-Star (do the maths) and somewhere less than twenty 1-Stars. This ‘dwarf galaxy’* of an Air Marshal, Rear Admirals, Major Generals, Air Vice Marshals and Brigadiers (equivalent) represent the celestial command body of our armed forces. At the highest level (2-Star and above) their three-year appointments end in a matter of months.
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Read more: Stabilising the Defence Purple Dwarf
- Article: https://unclas.com/2020/10/08/stabilising-the-defence-purple-dwarf/
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Twenty light armoured vehicles remain unused and waiting for a buyer - nearly a decade after the Defence Force decided they were surplus to requirements.
The previous Labour government bought 105 LAVs from General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for $653 million.
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Read more: Twenty unused light armoured vehicles remain in NZDF storage
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/427780/twenty-unused-light-armoured-vehicles-remain-in-nzdf-storage
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China has the largest fleet of ocean-going fishing vessels, that cover the globe, as far away as South America on the other side of the world, and in 2018 China caught 18 million tons of seafood - four times as much as the fishing nations of Peru and Ecuador combined. China’s trawling destroys seabeds in its path and, surprisingly, they are even armed and military trained. Are they allowed to go over the sea and fish in somebody else’s waters? Quite the opposite.
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Chile is closely monitoring China's controversial fleet of giant fishing vessels along the Pacific coast in South America.
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Read more: Chile tracked, to chase 300 Chinese fishing boats encroach on illegal fishing.
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A chance sighting of a bong in the back of a sailor’s car sparked a sprawling investigation into drug offending within the military. But early cellphone searches by investigators were found to be unlawful fishing expeditions, and torpedoed more than two-dozen drugs charges. George Block reports.
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Read more: Navy drug investigation: how an unlawful search sunk multiple drug charges
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300120592/navy-drug-investigation-how-an-unlawful-search-sunk-multiple-drug-charges
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China's unstoppable fishing fleets are stripping the sea bare, wildlife poaching and illegal harvesting is destroying ecologies around the world...
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Read more: How China is slowly KILLING us all
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PPP7sRlHEE
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Leaked documents provide new evidence of the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup of the CCP virus in Wuhan. Who is patient zero?
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Read more: Trump prepares for potential fight; Leaked docs reveal new evidence of China's coverup
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfoRGG_j5x4
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What is the difference between CANZUK and the European Union? How would free movement, trade and foreign policy cooperation between Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the UK differ to that of the 27 EU member states?
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Read more: CANZUK vs. The European Union - What's The Difference?
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