Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch

It can’t have been easy being President Donald Trump’s defender-in-chief in New Zealand. But Scott Brown, the all-American, rock n’ roll US ambassador, has worn the flak for nearly four years.

There’s been controversies, incredulous interviewers, good friendships, successes and parties. He leaves on December 20 with a new guitar made from native New Zealand timber, a dream of seeing a Kiwi in space, and a tear-jerking story that has him hiding in his man cave.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/123611296/us-ambassador-scott-brown-trumps-defenderinchief-is-leaving-new-zealand-with-his-own-kiwi-dream
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Category : News
Author: George Block

Three months ago, during the Auckland August coronavirus cluster, the Government announced 500 more Defence personnel would be deployed to managed isolation and quarantine facilities.

The move was meant to bolster security and credibility after scandals involving civilian security guards at New Zealand's network of isolation hotels, including falling asleep on the job and leaking guests’ details on Snapchat.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300175763/military-managed-isolation-sleaze-soldiers-sent-packing-for-inappropriate-conduct
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Author: Rozina Sabur

China is conducting "human testing" to create "biologically enhanced soldiers", the head of US intelligence has claimed as he warned that Beijing now poses the biggest threat to the national security of the United States.

In an article for the Wall Street Journal, John Ratcliffe, the US director of national intelligence, warned that America must be prepared for an "open-ended" confrontation with China which he likened to the Cold War.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300175894/china-accused-of-tests-to-create-enhanced-troops
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Category : Defence
Author: New Zealand Defence Force
NZ Defence Force delivers infrastructure to Tokelau , It took many moving parts to deliver much needed infrastructure to Tokelau. Our crew on board HMNZS Canterbury were all hands on deck along with the New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force to deliver tonnes of essential equipment that will improve the lives of Tokelauans on Fakaofo, Nukunonu and Atafu atolls.

Article: https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/videos/505511310424358
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A Chinese official's tweet of an image of an Australian soldier that sparked a furious reaction from Canberra was amplified across social media by unusual accounts, of which half were likely fake, an Israeli cybersecurity firm and Australian experts said.

The digitally altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child was tweeted by China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Monday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/fake-social-media-accounts-amplified-chinese-official-s-australian-soldier-tweet-cybersecurity-firm.html
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Author: AirflowNZ

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND December 4, 2020. Royal New Zealand Navy vessel Aotearoa made her first voyage from the Devonport Naval Base since arriving from Korean shipbuilders in June this year.

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China's state-controlled media has bluntly warned Australia's warships to stay out of the South China Sea or risk the "bitter pill" of confrontation.

In an ominous threat to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China is doubling down after the furore over a shocking doctored image depicting a grinning Australian soldier slitting the throat of an Afghan child, news.com.au reports.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/chinas-ominous-south-china-sea-warning-to-australia/QTLICZ2QIKV5RZV5WNPTYHVFE4/
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