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Top ministers order Defence Force spending cuts to help lift New Zealanders' 'wellbeing'
An article in the New Zealand Herald, Radio New Zealand and NewstalkZB, saying that the Defence force needs to have more cutbacks for the well being of New Zealand...
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Read more: Defence Force faces spending cuts to focus on 'wellbeing' of Kiwis
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Twenty-one Kiwis from Northland to Otago will touch down in Australia later tonight to help with the mammoth firefighting effort.
New Zealand has sent more than 200 personnel since last October. This latest team will spend two weeks in Canberra working up to 16-hour days.
For Northland father Rory Renwick, it will be his seventh time returning to Australia.
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Read more: Anxious wait for families of Kiwi firefighters heading to help in Australia
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/anxious-wait-families-kiwi-firefighters-heading-help-in-australia
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Dawn Aerospace is a NZ registered company pushing the boundaries of space technology and engineering in green satellite propulsion, suborbital launch vehicles and novel orbital launch systems. Read more about their innovation successes in our guest article written by Kiwi Co-founder, James Powell.
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Two Kiwi brothers are behind a New Zealand and Netherlands-based aerospace company looking to revolutionise the aerospace industry.
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Read more: Brother act backed by $3million
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US President Donald Trump's Space Force has proudly shown off the first picture of its uniform, and, well, the internet has a lot of feelings about.
The US Space Force (USSF) is the newest branch of the military, the first to be created in over 70 years, and has been in the works since March 2018.
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Read more: 'Camo in space?' - Donald Trump's Space Force uniform mocked
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Victoria University staff discussed keeping a "low profile" when invited on board a Chinese naval ship during its unannounced visit to New Zealand.
The Qi Jiguang slid quietly into Wellington Harbour between October 26 and 30, with no explanation from the Government or NZ Defence Force (NZDF). The navy training vessel was on a two-month tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
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Read more: Victoria University staff invited onto Chinese naval ship during unannounced NZ visit
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Facebook said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name appeared as 'Mr Shithole' in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offense caused and saying the problem had been fixed.
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Read more: Facebook apologises to Chinese President for calling him 'Mr S**thole'
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An advertisement seeking buyers for two recently-decommissioned New Zealand navy inshore patrol vessels has been removed from the internet at the request of the Defence Force.
Navy boats HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki were listed for sale by Perth-based Global Work Boats in an online advertisement.
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Read more: Advert for HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki removed at request of Defence Force
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