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Author: Henry Cooke

The Government will meet on Friday to decide whether to keep the country in level 4 lockdown, as the numbers of cases and exposure sites swell.

Two experts spoken to by Stuff said it was very likely the Government would extend the level 4 settings for at least the weekend, as much about the size of the cluster was still not known.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300386987/covid19-nz-alert-level-decision-day-for-delta-outbreak-experts-say-extension-likely
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Author: Luke Malpass

ANALYSIS: When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the new alert levels at 3pm on Friday, it will be astonishing if level 4 is not extended across the country.

In our newly acquired lingo around Covid-19, there is often talk of cases ‘downstream’ or ‘upstream’ of the initial case in the community. Upstream refers to cases closer to the source of the infection – sometimes called the index or primary case – while ‘downstream’ refers to people that may have been in contact with infectious cases we know about and have or could subsequently get infected.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/126126608/covid19-why-its-very-hard-to-see-a-way-out-of-level-4
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Author: Ripu Bhatia

There are calls to expand evacuation efforts in Afghanistan as harrowing stories of civilians hiding from the Taliban emerge.

South Auckland resident Nasima* fears for her 16-year-old sister in Kabul, who has told her militants are going door to door “taking young women as their sex slaves”.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300384790/afghanistan-green-mp-calls-to-expand-evacuation-efforts-amid-harrowing-tales
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Nighthawk.nz

This is so typical of the Greens. NZ Green MP Golriz Ghahraman was recently wanting budget cut backs for the NZDF. Now look at her.... Golriz is now wanting to double our efforts... lucky we didn't make those cut backs now isn't.... 

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Author: Mina Kerr-Lazenby and Danielle Clent

Health officials are investigating whether an MIQ leak may have led to the latest Covid-19 community outbreak in Auckland.

At the 1pm case update on Thursday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the current cluster had been closely linked to a Sydney traveller who arrived in New Zealand on August 7 and was put into managed isolation at the Crowne Plaza.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300386138/covid19-officials-suspect-virus-leaked-into-auckland-community-from-miq-facility
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Author: Rachel Moore

An ambulance officer has been dragged to the ground and punched repeatedly in the chest while on duty in Whanganui.

Two St John ambulance officers, one male and one female, were called to a medical incident just after 10:30am on Thursday, St John Whanganui territory manager Nigel Watson said.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300386390/whanganui-ambulance-officer-dragged-to-ground-punched-repeatedly
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Category: Defence
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Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Defence Force is using a virtual reality platform that is helping drivers train for amphibious assault missions, a military official told Defense News.

Eight360′s NOVA is an immersive, untethered VR platform shaped like a ball that allows for 360-degree movement on all axes. Mark Baddeley, director of emerging technologies for NZDF’s Joint Defence Services, said the Army is eyeing it to improve driver safety.

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Article: https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2021/08/10/new-zealand-military-uses-ball-shaped-simulation-platform-to-practice-amphibious-ops/
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Author: Defense Brief Editorial

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s two Anzac-class frigates, HMNZS Te Kaha and Te Mana, are getting a communications systems upgrade, the defense ministry has announced.

Cabinet has approved NZ$21.2 million (approx. US$14.7M) for the design of a new frigate communications system, which will include a new control system, modern radios, data and voice communication systems.

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Article: https://defbrief.com/2021/08/18/new-zealand-launches-21m-frigate-comms-upgrade-project/
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  1. Ardern’s C130 Gambit: Too Little Too Late
  2. New Zealand Defence Force deployment en route to Middle East with twice the amount of troops
  3. Armed Taliban go door-to-door across Afghanistan telling residents to return to work
  4. NZ academic has reservations about Taliban despite its moderate claims

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