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New Zealand is sending 120 Defence Force personnel to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian soldiers, including in weapon handling and combat first aid.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/08/nz-sending-120-defence-force-personnel-to-uk-to-train-ukrainians.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Corazon Miller

The image of Afghan judge Raihana Attaee, standing before several high-ranking dignitaries at the Government House in Auckland, is symbolic of all that Afghanistan has lost in the year since it fell to the Islamist group.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/08/13/freedom-for-nz-afghans-tainted-by-what-was-lost/
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Author: Reuters

Satellite pictures released on Thursday (local time) showed devastation at a Russian air base in Crimea, hit in an attack that suggested Kyiv may have obtained new long-range strike capability with potential to change the course of the war.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/ukraine-invasion-satellite-pictures-show-devastation-at-russian-air-base-in-crimea.html
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Category : News
Author: Melanie Carroll

A married Christchurch woman says it is “ridiculous” she is paid less New Zealand Superannuation than someone who is single and living with another adult.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/129534591/65yearold-says-its-wrong-she-gets-less-nz-super-for-being-married
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Author: Reuters

Washington has not changed its assessment on China's timeline for potentially taking Taiwan militarily, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday, sticking by previous statements that Beijing would not try to take it in the next two years.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/china-won-t-try-to-retake-taiwan-militarily-in-next-two-years-us-officials-say.html
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Author: Reuters

China, which Russia has sought as an ally since being cold-shouldered by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the "main instigator" of the crisis.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/china-calls-us-main-instigator-of-ukraine-crisis.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Torika Tokalau

Defence Minister Peeni Henare and a 30-member Kiwi delegation are stranded in the Solomon Islands after a military plane which was supposed to fly them back to New Zealand broke down in Vanuatu.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129518918/defence-minister-stranded-in-solomon-islands-as-hercules-breaks-down
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Author: Torika Tokalau

Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he didn’t feel threatened when a Japanese military member was stabbed beside him at a commemoration service for the Guadalcanal battle.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300656521/defence-minister-speaks-out-after-stabbing-at-guadalcanal-battle-commemoration
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