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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Author: DP Press Releases

CAE announced that earlier this month it officially handed over a CAE 700MR NH90 flight training device to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

Article: https://defpost.com/cae-hands-over-cae-700mr-nh90-simulator-to-royal-new-zealand-air-force/
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Author: RNZ

A New Zealand citizen who had her passport cancelled has lost a court battle in Wellington. Officials believed the woman - known as "Ms A" was planning to leave the country to join ISIS in 2016. The High Court in Wellington rejected the woman's request for a judical review on the matter.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukEuOkgjng
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Author: RNZ

A Hindu community group is calling for Diwali to be made a public holiday in New Zealand starting from 2022.

The president of Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed, said that the government needs to revisit its public holiday policies as the country's demography has changed.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/10/hindu-community-group-calls-for-diwali-to-be-made-a-public-holiday-in-new-zealand.html
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 WTF.... this is a joke right... ???

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Author: Tony Wall

A sailor who was dragged beside an inflatable boat as punishment during a Navy dive course suffered serious injuries when his foot was caught in the propeller.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300141371/sailor-dragged-beside-boat-as-punishment-suffers-serious-foot-injuries-after-being-sucked-into-propeller
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 Wthe fuck... I mean what the actual...

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Author: Aaron Mehta and David B. Larter

WASHINGTON and PORSTMOUTH, New Hampshire — Two of the Trump administration’s top national security officials have signaled in the last week that the NATO target of spending 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense is now the “gold standard” being applied to all allies around the globe.

Article: https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/10/21/natos-defense-spending-targets-now-gold-standard-all-allies-should-meet-key-trump-officials-say/
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Author: Nighthawk

Here is what I want to know. How strong of a stance is the new current Labour government going to be on breaches of our EEZ with reports  Chinese fishing vessels in New Zealand's EEZ. With Labour and their cosying up to CCP and China (to be fair so was National)  there are reports that Chinese fishing vessels were fishing in our EEZ during the election campaign.

Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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