Category : News
Author: Jonathan Mitchell,

Military analysts think Labour's victory at the general election will put some Defence Force changes and purchases on the backburner.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/429383/uncertainty-around-billions-in-defence-force-spending
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Author: RocketLAB

Lift-off of the 'In Focus' mission for Planet and Canon occurred at 21:21 UTC on October 28 2020 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Pad A on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axXm-z2NzW8
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Author: Zane Small

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman fears ACT leader David Seymour's call to abolish the "hard-left" Human Rights Commission "shows how far" the party has "moved to the extreme right".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/greens-fear-act-has-moved-to-the-extreme-right-over-call-to-abolish-hard-left-human-rights-commission.html
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 That's right... Act is there to stop the Greens going to far to the left...

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Author: Bloomberg QuickTake

For decades, humans have been trying to make a plane that can reach space and return to Earth by way of a runway. Space shuttles aside, only now is the dawn of the space plane finally upon us. In this episode, Ashlee Vance reports on a New Zealand company that has built its own space-plane prototype. Dawn Aerospace hopes to establish a cheap, quick way to transport objects into orbit, and in doing so transform the commercialization of space.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVNWykniFHY
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Category : News
Author: Nighthawk

Now before I start... those that know me, follow this website, know I want a stronger defence force, and I want to raise defence spending.

Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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Author: Catherine Harris

New Zealand exports have been holding up well despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Stats NZ​ says.

Figures for the year to September show the country has had its best goods trade surplus in nearly six years, since 2014 when dairy prices were very high.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123214453/fall-in-imports-healthy-exports-leads-to-trade-milestone
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Author: Alice Wilkins

New Zealand has recorded another day of zero new cases of COVID-19 in the community - but as we make the most of the freedoms that are the envy of the rest of the world, a Kiwi company has taken a huge leap towards trialling its very own COVID-19 vaccine. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/10/coronavirus-the-kiwi-company-closing-in-on-world-first-bio-bead-covid-19-vaccine-trial.html
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Author: Martin Banks

BRUSSELS — After a lengthy trend downward in defense spending, there has been, “for the first time in many years,” three consecutive years of increases, said NATO’s annual report for 2017.

Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/03/15/results-are-in-heres-how-much-nato-allies-spent-on-defense-in-2017/
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An older article but interesting. I thought NZ was bad hovering around 1.3% but Luxembourg at 0.46% damn...
But remember this is more of an opinion piece so take with a grain of salt.

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