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The recent announcement of a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America has highlighted New Zealand’s long-standing, wicked national security problem. It is tied, in security terms, to protection from larger nations without the ability to influence them or even be invited to participate at all levels. Economically, New Zealand is deeply engaged with China as its major trading partner. This article traverses New Zealand’s three alignment eras, its lack of self-reliance and political inconsistency regarding national security. Alternate strategic posture options and means of national security governance are suggested as possible pathways to resolving the country’s strategic identity conundrum.
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Read more: New Zealand’s Struggle for Strategic Identity
- Article: https://wavellroom.com/2021/11/03/new-zealand-struggle-for-strategic-identity/
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A person who was isolating with COVID-19 has died, the Ministry of Health says.
The exact cause of death is currently unknown, they say, and may have been COVID-19 or some other cause. This will be determined by the Coroner.
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Read more: One person isolating at home in Auckland dies with COVID-19
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/coronavirus-one-person-in-isolation-dies-with-covid-19.html
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Islamic State militants set off an explosion at the entrance to a military hospital in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, a senior Taliban official said.
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Read more: ISIS attack on Kabul hospital leaves 7 dead, 16 wounded
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/02/isis-attack-on-kabul-hospital-leaves-7-dead-16-wounded/
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Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others.
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Read more: Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/03/facebook-to-shut-down-face-recognition-system-delete-data/
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The Chinese government has told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies, after COVID-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rains that caused a surge in vegetable prices raised concerns about supply shortages.
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OPINION: Yes, you read that right – it may take a decade or so – but I’m calling it.
Facebook – the social media platform du jour for many, the one that helped bring us Trump, drove Brexit, live streamed Christchurch’s Mosque killings, the one that helped fuelled an attempted insurrection in Washington and brought traditional media to its knees while feeding us countless cat videos and so much more – is on the downward slope.
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Read more: We’re witnessing the beginning of the end of Facebook
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/thebit-nz/300443847/were-witnessing-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-facebook
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The Auditor-General has criticised the Minister of Finance and Treasury for “difficult to track” public spending, after the National Party raised concerns about the 2021 Budget.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126867424/auditorgeneral-criticises-governments-difficult-to-track-accounting-of-public-spending
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The Government has appointed a diplomat as New Zealand’s special representative to Afghanistan, as small groups of evacuees continue to escape Taliban rule.
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