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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 23, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) conducts a Replenishment at Sea with the New Zealand oiler HMNZS Aotearoa. Howard is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photos by Ensign Morgan Bollinger)
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Read more: USS Howard Conducts Underway Operations with New Zealand oiler HMNZS Aotearoa
- Article: https://usdefensestory.com/uss-howard-conducts-underway-operations-with-new-zealand-oiler-hmnzs-aotearoa/
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New Zealand's Government has issued a statement expressing deep concern over rioting and unrest in the Solomon Islands, but saying no requests for assistance have yet been received.
Police were overrun last night in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara as people swarmed into town in defiance of a 36-hour lockdown.
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Read more: New Zealand 'deeply concerned' over Solomon Islands riots
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300464447/new-zealand-deeply-concerned-over-solomon-islands-riots
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For the first time in five years, a US Navy vessel has docked in New Zealand waters.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Howard is in Wellington to take part in exercises and engagements with our Defence Force (NZDF).
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A Chinese spy ship entered waters in New Zealand’s economic zone, after spending time near Australia.
A spokesperson for the Australian Defence Force confirmed a ship belonging to the People’s Liberation Army operated off Australia’s east coast in August of this year.
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Read more: NZDF confirms Chinese spy ship entered NZ ‘economic zone’
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/26/chinese-spy-ship-was-reportedly-heading-towards-nz-after-australia/
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Rocket Lab, the space company founded by Kiwi Peter Beck, has announced it will try and catch a rocket booster in mid-air as it returns to Earth using a helicopter.
The company hopes by doing so, it will allow its Electron orbital-class small rocket to launch more frequently and lower overall launch costs.
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Read more: Rocket Lab will attempt to catch rocket as it returns to earth using helicopter
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/11/rocket-lab-will-attempt-to-catch-rocket-as-it-returns-to-earth-using-helicopter.html
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Judith Collins may be backing Christopher Luxon as the next leader of the National Party, but her endorsement likely holds little sway with her caucus colleagues after her recent actions, one political commentator says.
Just hours after receiving a vote of no confidence from National MPs, former leader Collins told Newshub's Amelia Wade there were likely going to be a "couple of candidates" vying for her old job. Newshub understands the challengers could include Luxon, Mark Mitchell and Simon Bridges.
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Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are nowhere near as accurate as traditional RT-PCR tests when it comes to detecting the virus behind COVID-19 but they have their place, Kiwi scientists behind a new study say.
The Government announced on Thursday an end to its year-and-a-half-long ban on point-of-care RATs. Associate MInister of Health Ayesha Verrall said while we were trying to eliminate the virus "the cost of missing a case was too high", so the Government wanted every test to be via the ultra-accurate but slow RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, or PCR), a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT).
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Read more: Rapid antigen testing misses more than half of positive cases
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/coronavirus-rapid-antigen-testing-misses-more-than-half-of-positive-cases-kiwi-study.html
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Australia is sending peace keeping troops to the Solomon Islands, as riots rocked the capital city of Honiara for a second day.
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Read more: Solomon Islands: Australia sends peacekeeping troops amid riots
- Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59412000
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