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The foreign ministry spokesman for the Taliban is a former New Zealand resident who previously lived in Hamilton, multiple sources have told Stuff.
The spokesman refers to himself as Abdul Qahar Balkhi. Based in Kabul, Balkhi has become a prominent representative of the Taliban regime, due to his interviews with international media and his excellent English.
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Read more: Senior Taliban spokesman a former New Zealand resident
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300475970/senior-taliban-spokesman-a-former-new-zealand-resident
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Jacinda Ardern insists the trans-Tasman friendship with Australia is in fine health, and she won't join the international pile-on critiquing Scott Morrison's foreign engagement.
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Read more: NZ and Australia's bond will always be tight
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/11/nz-and-australias-bond-will-always-be-tight-ardern/
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The United States has imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist.
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Read more: US imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/us-imposes-sweeping-human-rights-sanctions-on-china-myanmar-and-north-korea.html
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The sad saga of the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter has been running for a long time. Back when I worked in the Department of Defence, we used to occupy ourselves from time to time calculating how much money the taxpayer would save in the long run if we just walked away from the MRH-90 utility helicopter and bought Black Hawk helicopters instead. The answer was a lot. And the sooner you did it, the more you’d save, by avoiding sinking more acquisition dollars into the MRH-90 and realising the substantially lower operating costs of the Black Hawk. But even though those numbers were shared with Defence’s senior decision-makers, the department couldn’t bring itself to take that step.
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Read more: Dumping the ADF’s MRH-90 helicopters is the right call, but why now?
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/dumping-the-adfs-mrh-90-helicopters-is-the-right-call-but-why-now/
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A man was vaccinated against Covid-19 up to 10 times in one day on behalf of other people, prompting an investigation by the Ministry of Health.
It is believed the man, who is understood to have visited several vaccination centres, was paid for the jabs.
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Read more: Man receives up to 10 vaccines in one day
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127245863/covid19-man-receives-up-to-10-vaccines-in-one-day
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Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama Empire, was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career.
Prosecutors said Smollett, who is Black and gay, lied to police when he told them that he was accosted on a dark Chicago street by two masked strangers in January 2019.
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Analysis - Ambiguity and contradiction over China have been hallmarks of New Zealand's foreign policy throughout 2021.
In this respect, the government's hawkish new defence assessment, coupled with conflicting comments by ministers about New Zealand's view on a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, was a fitting end to the year.
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Read more: Geoffrey Miller: China strategy dominates New Zealand’s foreign policy year
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/457681/geoffrey-miller-china-strategy-dominates-new-zealand-s-foreign-policy-year
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It's morning in Honiara, but it's already getting up past 30 degrees.
It's muggy too, but the soldiers on Wednesday's patrol drag on body armour, clip on their helmets and pick up their rifles.
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Read more: On the ground with Kiwi troops in Honiara
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/10/on-the-ground-with-kiwi-troops-in-honiara/
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