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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Anneke Smith

A soldier charged with espionage is accused of stashing classified documents in a chiller bag and taking copies of layout documentation of the Linton Military Camp, including a letter assessing vulnerabilities in its physical security.

Charging documents obtained by RNZ also show the soldier is accused of being a member of two far-right groups and holding a copy of the March 15 terror attacks livestream, classified as objectionable by the Chief Censor.

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Author: The Conversation

The Quad has come a long way since it was resurrected in 2017 as a loose coalition comprising the US, Australia, India and Japan. The face-to-face, leaders summit at the end of last week marked a new high point for the grouping.

Three of the members continue to suffer Chinese coercion in various forms: economic coercion in Australia’s case, and the use of military and grey-zone tactics to advance territorial claims when it comes to India and Japan.

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Author: 7 News

An unidentified flying object that was seen in Sydney's skies had some fearing it was an alien invasion or a missile attack. 

But no, it wasn't a meteor, missile, or a nuke - it turns out it was an unmanned Chinese rocket launch shrouded in secrecy.

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Author: The Detail,

Amazon's plans to build giant data centres in Auckland, with promises of investing nearly $8 billion and creating hundreds of jobs, are being hailed as a big deal for "little old New Zealand".

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018814293/what-we-don-t-know-about-amazon-s-nz-plans
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Category: Politics
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Author: Priscilla Dickinson

Dissatisfaction with the Labour Government is mounting among small business owners, a new survey has found.

Almost half (46 percent) of those surveyed thought the National Party had a better understanding of their business needs, followed by the Labour Party at 30 percent and ACT at 23 percent.

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Author: Reuters

YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about the COVID vaccines to include content that contains misinformation about other approved vaccines, it said in a blog post on Wednesday.

Examples of content that won't be allowed on YouTube include claims that the flu vaccine causes infertility and that the MMR shot, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella, can cause autism, according to YouTube's policies.

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Category: Defence
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Author: Ministry of Defence NZ

 

Production is underway for the first of New Zealand’s Bushmaster NZ5.5 vehicles by Thales Australia in Bendigo, Victoria.
 
The Bushmaster vehicles will provide New Zealand Army personnel with high levels of blast and ballistic protection. They are designed with a V hull, which redirects blasts out from under the vehicle, saving lives.
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Category: World
Category : Defence
Author: Dan Lake

Day one of the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition took to the skies on Tuesday with millions of viewers watching online from around the world.

The event is taking place in Zhuhai City in Guangdong Province and began with China's Red Eagle Aerobatic Team putting on a display which lasted for about 30 minutes.

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