News
General News from around the world
- Category : News
The virus had lurked for years, lacking only one thing it needed to inflict widespread human death: a perfect opportunity.
In late 1998, it got it.
- Hits: 872
Read more: How the hunt for this deadly virus shaped the search for Covid-19 origin
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300430973/how-the-hunt-for-this-deadly-virus-shaped-the-search-for-covid19-origin
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
New Zealand's reputation in international media for having one of the world's leading COVID-19 responses has been put in doubt by a quick increase in cases months after it began a strict alert level 4 lockdown.
Having already plummeted from the top spot to number 38 in Bloomberg's COVID Resilience Rankings - attributed to the Delta outbreak and relatively slow vaccination rollout - international media have also taken to spotlighting the country's large rise in infections.
- Hits: 1029
Read more: International media paints grim picture of New Zealand COVID outbreak
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/coronavirus-international-media-paints-grim-picture-of-new-zealand-covid-outbreak.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
That's what happens when you get absolute fuckwits breaking the rules, and the police force not given the power to truly enforce. You are lucky I am not in charge because if you break the rules and law set out you would be charged with bio-terrorism.
Also the mis-infomation that has spread like wild fire on the net is not helping either.
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
A crew member on a New Zealand warship conducting military exercises in the South China Sea has tested positive for COVID-19.
The infected sailor, who is vaccinated, is onboard the Navy's frigate, the HMNZS Te Kaha.
- Hits: 913
Read more: NZ sailor tests positive for COVID-19 amid South East Asia wargames
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/10/nz-sailor-tests-positive-for-covid-19-amid-south-east-asia-wargames.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Category : News
After sending a record number of military aircraft to harass Taiwan over China’s National Day holiday, Beijing has toned down the saber rattling but tensions remain high, with the rhetoric and reasoning behind the exercises unchanged.
- Hits: 1002
Read more: Taiwan: US-China conflict unlikely, but experts say a miscalculation could spell disaster
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300430891/taiwan-uschina-conflict-unlikely-but-experts-say-a-miscalculation-could-spell-disaster
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Category : Defence
Three crewmembers of a Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter are safe after ditching their helicopter in the Philippine Sea during a routine flight overnight.
The aircraft was operating from HMAS Brisbane as part of a Regional Presence Deployment with HMAS Warramunga, when the crew conducted an emergency landing in the water.
- Hits: 1137
Read more: RAN MH-60R Seahawk helicopter ditches in the Philippine Sea
- Article: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/ran-mh-60r-seahawk-helicopter-ditches-in-the-philippine-sea
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Category : Defence
The Australian government often describes Australia and New Zealand as ‘natural allies’. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of the AUKUS security partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom on 16 September—which he described as ‘a forever partnership for a new time between the oldest and most trusted of friends’—raises questions about the changing dynamics of Australia’s natural alliance.
- Hits: 1363
Read more: AUKUS adds ambiguity to the Australia–New Zealand alliance
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-adds-ambiguity-to-the-australia-new-zealand-alliance/
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Category : News
Amid the commentary on Australia’s handling of France over the decision to switch to nuclear-powered submarines, Canberra’s treatment of another close partner and the reaction that has caused have received relatively scant attention.
The Australian government’s dealings with Indonesia on the submarines and AUKUS was no less maladroit.
- Hits: 1065
Read more: AUKUS and Australia–Indonesia relations: 2+2 clever by half
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-and-australia-indonesia-relations-22-clever-by-half/
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Category : Defence
As the US and China spar over maritime clashes in the South China Sea, New Zealand has set out its view of some of the issues at play – with a viewpoint unlikely to find favour with Beijing
New Zealand has weighed in on long-running and heated territorial disputes in the South China Sea, with a carefully-worded diplomatic note that nonetheless sets the country in opposition to Beijing.
- Hits: 1002
Read more: NZ wades into South China Sea dispute
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-wades-into-south-china-sea-dispute
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
Since this article, New Zealand sent HMNZS Te Kaha and HMNZS Aotearoa and sailed the South China Sea with the UK Carrier Strike Group 21. #UKCSG21. This also sends a message to China (a bit heavier than a diplomatic note) of where NZ stands on the South China Sea, the 9 Dash Line and freedom of navigation...
Subcategories
Politics Article Count: 327
General Politics
Defence Article Count: 1158
General Defence Articles
Science Article Count: 76
Sciencey stuff
World Article Count: 591
World News
Page 287 of 843
Latest Articles
- Using distance as a defence strategy is now wishful thinking for NZ
- Defence Minister to attend NATO summit in Türkiye
- New Zealand joins US project to accelerate AI warfighting
- US Ambassador wants warships in NZ waters, jokes about using time machine to 'fix nuclear thing'
- NZ Air Force fires Harpoon missiles for first time in major military exercise
- NZ and US sign 'statement of intent' over military space operations
- RNZAF P-8A Poseidon successfully launches Harpoon missiles
- Distance can no longer be NZ’s defence strategy. Could Japan be part of the answer?
- STARLIFT draws in NZ as states seek rocket launchpads
- NZ needs ‘reasonable’ defence spend to earn US support
- AI warfare: NZDF drone doctrine focuses on keeping 'humans in the loop'
- Massive Navy base works programme outlined
- 'Couple of small, modular reactors': A new pitch for nuclear power in New Zealand
- NZ's defence spending is doubling, but the US says that's not enough
- NZ's $2.6 billion military helicopter purchase approved by US
- New Zealand Defence Chief Unveils Stronger Military Vision at Shangri-La Dialogue 2026
- No expectation NZ will revise nuclear-free stance, but there could be disadvantages
- US 'freeloading' claim puts heat on NZ's independent foreign policy
- New Zealand rejects US ‘freeloader’ swipe over defence spending
- Pentagon chief urges allies to boost defence spending amid 'alarm' over China's buildup
SP Poll
Latest Downloads
 Letters To Humanity 3.00 |
| 2026-05-12 |
| Nighthawk Music |
| Did you get the message? |
| 2026-05-08 |
| Nighthawk Music |
| Ledger of Lies |
| 2026-04-15 |
| Nighthawk Music |
| Animated |
| 2026-04-02 |
| Nighthawk Music |
| Toward the Truth |
| 2026-02-06 |
| Nighthawk Music |