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Outgoing for incoming ... Launching decoys to distract and confuse inbound sensor-guided missiles, is a key tool in a frigate’s counter-measures armoury. Both HMNZS Te Kaha and Te Mana are now fitted with the Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) as part of the extensive Frigate Upgrade Programme they’ve undertaken in Canada.
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- Article: https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/posts/10161455035158009
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The two ships were also able to conduct exercises to improve interoperability as they sailed from the area around Kadavu Island out into the Fiji Exclusive Economic Zone to carry out patrols.
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Read more: New Zealand and Fiji Navies collaborate in border patrol operation
- Article: https://nzdf.mil.nz/news/new-zealand-and-fiji-navies-collaborate-in-border-patrol-operation/
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Two Afghan women judges have arrived in New Zealand and a third is on her way here, following efforts led by a New Zealand Supreme Court judge to help them flee the worsening situation in Afghanistan.
The judges were given New Zealand visas after pleas by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ)’s president, Justice Susan Glazebrook.
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Read more: Afghan women judges safely in NZ, but there is concern for those who remain
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300466690/afghan-women-judges-safely-in-nz-but-there-is-concern-for-those-who-remain
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Scott Watson, the man convicted of murdering friends Olivia Hope and Ben Smart after a New Year's Eve party in the Marlborough Sounds, fears he will be stuck in prison forever.
On Tuesday, the now 50-year-old Watson was denied parole for the fourth time after the Parole Board said he remained an undue risk to the public.
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Read more: Convicted murderer Scott Watson denied parole for the fourth time
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/127131673/convicted-murderer-scott-watson-denied-parole-for-the-fourth-time
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Vaccine passes are being offered for sale on a social media platform for $10, with transactions being done in bitcoin currency.
One anonymous post offers $50 for passes and claims they are “real”. “We pay $ for vaccine passes, and then we sell them to members of the public who need them,” the post read.
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Read more: Black market sales of vaccination passes reported to police
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127126333/covid19-black-market-sales-of-vaccination-passes-reported-to-police
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The Solomon Islands Government has formally requested assistance from New Zealand after days rioting, violence and unrest in the capital Honiara.
Stuff understands some personnel from 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, received orders on Tuesday to assemble back at their base in Linton ahead of a possible deployment.
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Read more: Solomon Islands requests support from NZ - troops assembling at Linton
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300466992/solomon-islands-requests-support-from-nz--troops-assembling-at-linton
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The levels at which different parts of New Zealand will move into the new COVID Protection Framework, or 'traffic light' system, have been released by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Northland, Auckland, Taupō and Rotorua, Kawerau, Whakatane, Ōpōtiki, Gisborne, Wairoa, Rangitikei, Whanganui and Ruapehu will move into 'red', while the rest of the North Island will start at 'orange'.
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Read more: COVID-19 Protection Framework 'traffic light' settings released for New Zealand
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/11/covid-19-protection-framework-traffic-light-settings-released-for-new-zealand.html
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TAIPEI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Sunday to warn away 27 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the latest increase in tensions across the Taiwan Strait as China's president met his top generals.
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- Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-27-chinese-air-force-planes-air-defence-zone-2021-11-28/
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