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A peace lobby group has condemned the Government's plan to spend NZ$20 billion on defence out to 2030 now that it's been revealed global military spending has topped US$2 trillion.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed this week that the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Russia were the top five defence spenders in 2021, together accounting for 62 percent of global expenditure.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/peace-movement-aotearoa-condemns-plan-to-spend-20-billion-on-new-zealand-defence-as-global-military-spending-tops-2-trillion.html
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- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
Even with this boost from the previous governments, and the $20b Defence Capability Plan, New Zealand needs to spend at least 2% of GPD on Defence at present it sits about 1.6%. Now is not the time to make cut backs... it is the time to increase spending on defence.
People don't understand, that if you want to be a neutral country you better be able to defend that neutrality because no one is coming to your aid... and at the moment we can't even defend ourselves without the help of allies and partners and whether they would help is now even questionable. The NZDF has no offensive weapon capability and the best defence is going on the offense.
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A court in military-ruled Myanmar has found former leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption, the latest verdict in a series of secret trials.
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Read more: Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar sentences ex-leader to jail for corruption
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/466013/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-sentences-ex-leader-to-jail-for-corruption
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Ukraine's allies are continuing to pour military aid into the country, as its fight against Russia continues.
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Read more: Australia agrees to send weapons to Ukraine
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/27/australia-agrees-to-send-weapons-to-ukraine/
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Read more: NZ C-130Js to Get Specialist Equipment, Advanced Sensors
- Article: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/nz-c-130js-to-get-specialist-equipment-advanced-sensors
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An immunologist has warned that while rare, some Kiwis could be reinfected with Covid-19 as new variants continue to emerge.
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Read more: Expert warns of reinfection as new variants emerge
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/26/covid-19-expert-warns-of-reinfection-as-new-variants-emerge/
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Power Play - The prime minister's trip abroad was billed as a "trade mission," but was most productive leader-to-leader behind closed doors.
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Read more: Face time makes all the difference for Ardern
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465786/power-play-face-time-makes-all-the-difference-for-ardern
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The board of Twitter has agreed to a US$44 billion takeover offer from billionaire Elon Musk.
Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, has claimed he is the right person to "unlock" the social media firm's "extraordinary potential".
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Read more: Twitter board agrees to $44b takeover by Elon Musk
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/465895/twitter-board-agrees-to-44b-takeover-by-elon-musk
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The United States and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for Ukraine during a meeting on Tuesday (local time) at a German air base, brushing off a threat from Moscow that their support for Kyiv could lead to nuclear war.
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Read more: US, allies shrug off Russian nuclear war warning, promise heavy arms for Ukraine
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