Author: Jim Rolfe
Two of my colleagues have used this forum recently to comment on the need for a naval combat force. Both have useful insights to make, but neither gets to the root of the issue.

Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-cost-and-benefit-of-frigates
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Author: Lance Beath

In a recent Incline post titled ‘Where are the Frigates?’ Professor Robert Ayson notes, quite correctly, that the frigates currently undergoing refit in Canada represent ‘no small portion of New Zealand’s modest capacity to project military power.’ He then asks, ‘if New Zealand can have a period of months when it does without that capacity in its entirety, would the lights really go out if there were no frigates at all?’

Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/keeping-the-lights-on-the-need-for-new-zealand-to-increase-its-maritime-capability
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A large out-of-control scrub fire has shut a main road between Canterbury and the West Coast.

The fire broke out on conservation land at around 4:30am on Sunday and quickly grew into a raging monster. The blaze spread to both sides of State Highway 73 just west out of Springfield - a critical link between Canterbury and the West Coast.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/ecological-nightmare-out-of-control-scrub-fire-closes-main-canterbury-road.html
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Time was running out for Debra Stevens. But the 911 dispatcher didn't seem concerned.

"Somebody save me!" Stevens screamed as the water level crept up inside her car, which was stranded in floodwater.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/115449730/im-going-to-die-cried-drowning-us-woman-as-she-was-scolded-by-a-911-dispatcher
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Police in the US say five people are dead, including a shooter, and at least 21 injured by gunfire in a West Texas shooting on Saturday (Sunday NZ time).

"The active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa," Midland police said on Facebook, referring to a cinema complex in the cities of Odessa and Midland. "There is no active shooter at this time."

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/115444885/police-say-multiple-gunshot-victims-after-suspects-hijack-mail-truck-in-texas
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The Government has pledged an extra $60 million in funding for Pharmac to fund new medicines, including cancer treatments. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was alongside Health Minister David Clark at Auckland City Hospital on Sunday to reveal the Government's new national cancer action plan.   

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/115444349/government-announces-an-extra-60m-in-pharmac-funding-and-new-cancer-treatments
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A drug-addled driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel before ploughing into an oncoming car, killing himself and two others, according to coronial findings. 

Haydn David Clark, 20, who had a history of driving offences, had ingested methamphetamine and cannabis before he got behind the wheel of a Mazda on the night of April 19, 2018. 

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115413043/triple-fatal-thames-crash-was-tragically-avoidable-coroner-says
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OPINION: Our daughter said this week she couldn't see it being a good idea to have a kid

This was disappointing to hear because for one thing, I want to see if our family stock can produce someone even louder than her great-great-grandfather.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/opinion/115306759/my-daughter-no-longer-wants-to-have-children-because-of-the-climate-crisis
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