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Published: 18 January 2020

Author: Tom Pullar-Strecker

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

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118882303/hmnzs-rotoiti-and-pukaki-briefly-advertised-for-sale-on-australian-website#comments

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Published: 18 January 2020

Author: James Gallagher

The number of people already infected by the mystery virus emerging in China is far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC.

There have been 41 laboratory-confirmed cases of the new virus, but UK experts estimate the figure is closer to 1,700.

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Read more: New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51148303

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Published: 18 January 2020

Author: Gordon Campbell

Hold the champagne, folks. This week’s China/US deal is more about a change in tone between the world’s two biggest economies – thank goodness they’re not slapping more tariffs on each other! - than a landmark change in substance. The high walls of US and Chinese tariffs built in recent years will largely remain intact, and few economists are predicting the deal will significantly boost the growth prospects for a slowing US economy. As the New York Times noted this morning, the likes of New Zealand will still face the trade barriers imposed by the Trump administration during the recent rounds of fighting:

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Read more: Chilling The Warm Fuzzies About The US/China Trade Deal

Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2001/S00039/chilling-the-warm-fuzzies-about-the-uschina-trade-deal.htm

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Published: 18 January 2020

Author: Derek Cheng

The Chief of Army says there is a "minimal" chance that unexploded New Zealand munitions caused civilian deaths in Afghanistan.

And he is questioning whether the NZ Defence Force left behind any unexploded ordnance at all in the firing ranges that its soldiers used near Bamiyan.

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Read more: Army chief: 'Minimal' chance NZ ordnance to blame for Afghan civilian deaths

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/john-boswell-minimal-chance-nz-ordnance-to-blame-for-afghan-civilian-deaths/

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 What I want to know is, what other ordnance did we take over there other than a couple of LAV's that would leave all these high explosives and unexploded ordnance rounds??? As the article said, they knew what they fired and cleared range after firing etc...