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Author: New Zealand Defence Force

HMNZS Te Kaha with new mast conducted sea trial after upgrade at Lockheed Martin Canada (photo : RNZN)

On 7 September HMNZS TE KAHA left Esquimalt Harbour under her own power for the beginning of her sea trials period.

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Article: https://issuu.com/nzdefenceforce/docs/nt_248_web/s/11147423
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Author: Rachel Sadler

An Australian columnist who took aim at Jacinda Ardern by calling her a "grossly incompetent administrator" has been slammed online for his comments.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/disgraceful-australian-columnist-slammed-for-calling-jacinda-ardern-grossly-incompetent.html
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Author: Matt Burrows

The Electoral Commission has issued a blunt response to Billy Te Kahika Jr after the Advance NZ co-leader claimed the election was "rigged", and that his party's 0.9 percent share of the vote showed it had been "diddled".

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/electoral-commission-rubbishes-billy-te-kahika-s-claims-advance-nz-a-victim-of-rigged-election-disqualified-votes.html
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Well that didn't take long for the conspiracy...

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Author: Tova O'Brien

They have only been back at Parliament one day after their devastating defeat but already National MPs are leaking, telling Newshub they are predicting a coup. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/nz-election-2020-national-mps-already-leaking-predicting-leadership-coup-after-devastating-defeat.html
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Author: Simon

As the world descends into a polarising cycle of extremism, nationalism and identity politics, the parallels with 1930’s Europe are impossible to miss. Despite that, you could be forgiven for thinking that New Zealand existed in some rarefied international security bubble if you considered the various party’s defence policies offered up for the 17 October 2020 general election.

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Article: https://unclas.com/2020/10/16/defenceless-election/
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Category: Defence
Author: NZ Defence Force
We’ve deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion aircraft and crew to support the implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions imposing sanctions against North Korea.
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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/news/nzdf-to-conduct-third-orion-deployment-in-support-of-un-sanctions-against-north-korea/
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Category: Defence
Author: Nighthawk

So labour won the the 2020 election and winning a pretty much of a landslide with LABOUR 64 seats, NATIONAL 35 seats, ACT NZ 10 seats, GREENS 10 seats, and Maori Party one seat. Enough to govern alone.

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Author: World News

The US fought and chased 3,000 Chinese fishing boats with armed forces and caught illegally.

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Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCerzpgTpU
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 I am unsure how accurate this report is... However I have always said the next war will be over resources, from fresh clean water to fishing and food resources... and so it begins. I have always wonder how the RNZN and the NZG would react to this happening in our waters.
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