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Author: RNZ

Twelve military personnel are launching a legal challenge to the directive that would see them discharged for declining a Covid-19 vaccination.

The group has filed an application for a judicial review of the directive.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/military-personnel-take-legal-action-against-vaccine-directive
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Author: Jehan Casinader

Muslim leaders wanted to deradicalise a future terrorist. They say they weren’t given a fighting chance. Jehan Casinader investigates.

Last Friday afternoon, Imam Muhammed Shaakir received a phone call. There had been a stabbing at a New Lynn supermarket. Shoppers were injured, and the attacker – a religious fanatic – was dead.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126332093/the-makings-of-a-terrorist--and-the-people-who-tried-to-help-him
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Author: Reuters

The ability of the Mu variant of the coronavirus to escape from antibodies and vaccines can aid in preparations against other emerging variants, Japanese researchers say.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/coronavirus-mu-variant-more-resistant-to-antibodies-than-delta-study.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

The acting United States Ambassador to New Zealand says the current situation in Afgahnistan is "not how we wanted this to end".

Twenty years on from the 9/11 attacks that led to the War on Terror, the central Asian nation invaded by US-led forces in 2001 is back under Taliban rule. The Islamic fundamentalist group was deposed in 2001 after it refused to hand over al-Qaeda leaders based in Afghanistan who plotted the attacks. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world.html
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Author: Peter Greener
At a time when the economy continues to face the costs imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic it may seem premature to be exploring opportunities for building the Royal New Zealand Navy of the future, but now is the very time to be doing so.
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Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/building-new-zealands-future-navy
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Author: David Andrews
For the first time since the Anzac-class frigate program commenced in the 1980s, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are simultaneously undertaking a comprehensive fleet recapitalisation. By the mid-2030s, the RNZN and RAN are both due to replace their current surface warfare, patrol, sealift, hydrographic, and mine countermeasures vessels. This presents a unique opportunity to reinvigorate and strengthen the trans-Tasman relationship by pursuing a coordinated and consolidated approach to maritime capability acquisition that would enhance interoperability and reinforce a sense of shared purpose and direction between the allies. 
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Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/anzac-class-20-opportunities-for-cooperation-between-australia-and-new-zealand
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Author: George Block

Two more Kiwi sailors have caught Covid-19 while deployed in Canada.

The navy personnel are with the frigate HMNZS Te Mana at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, where the ship is undergoing a major upgrade.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300403451/covid19-two-more-nz-navy-personnel-catch-coronavirus-in-canada
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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that a quarter of a million extra Pfizer doses are en route to New Zealand from Spain. 

The additional COVID-19 vaccines are due to arrive on Friday morning. It will allow the Government to maintain high levels of vaccination this month, before the bulk of doses arrive in October. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/jacinda-ardern-announces-quarter-of-a-million-extra-covid-19-pfizer-doses-en-route-to-new-zealand-from-spain.html
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