Category : Defence
Author: BBC

The US has shot down a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across America.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/483669/us-shoots-down-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon
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Category : News
Author: Zeke Miller Michael Balsamo Colleen Long Aamer Madhani

The United States has downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America and became the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300799714/us-downs-chinese-balloon-over-atlantic-ocean-moves-to-recover-debris
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

The political uproar over a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifting over the United States did not just derail a planned visit to Beijing by the top U.S. diplomat, it also threatens to upset attempts by both countries to steady an increasingly rocky relationship.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/02/china-balloon-soaring-over-united-states-deflates-hopes-for-diplomatic-thaw.html
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Category : News
Author: Amelia Wade

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has gotten stuck into the Auckland flood clean-up and put half a million dollars towards building a clean-up workforce.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/02/auckland-flooding-calls-for-government-to-give-extra-help-to-uninsured-families-who-ve-lost-everything.html
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The risk we take... do I have insurance... or do I go with out... it disaster hits I am fucked... but if it doesn't I saved money.
Insurance the evil necessity...

Yes it is bad that that people have lost everything, but that is the risk you take... "oh but I can't afford Insurance..." my answer to this "Fuck neither can I... But I can't afford not to have it more!"

Why should I bother with continuing to pay my insurance now if the government is just going to hand me so money and fix EVERYTHING" and I didn't have to pay any insurance.

Get the damned insurance... it is what it is there for...

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Category : Defence
Author: Oscar Francis

The New Zealand Defence Force is one step closer to acquiring lethal drones, as a trial begins for an Australian-made loitering munition being battle tested in Ukraine.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/kamikaze-drones-may-soon-be-part-nz%E2%80%99s-arsenal
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Category : News
Author: Caley Callahan

Dunedin City Councillors say they're "ready to march" in the streets in protest over Government changes to the city's new hospital design.

The councillors have approved the use of $130,000 to pay for a public campaign against the downgraded redesign announced late last year.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/01/dunedin-city-councillors-vow-to-fight-government-over-changes-to-new-hospital-design.html
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