Category : Defence
Author: Mike Tweed

The country’s top military brass has gathered at Ōhakea Air Base to welcome the first of four new P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

They will replace the fleet of six P-3 Orions, which have been in service for more than 50 years.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/new-zealand-air-forces-new-poseidon-arrives-at-ohakea-air-base-three-more-to-follow/RR5IXIQNMJHKPGNAS7MVEPGRLI/
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Category : News
Author: Susan Edmunds

Home loan interest rates have picked up again in recent weeks, since the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by a record 75 basis points.

While other central banks around the world have slowed their pace of interest rate increases, New Zealand borrowers have been warned to brace for more hikes in the new year.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/480288/how-high-are-mortgage-interest-rates-really-going-to-go
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

Three of New Zealand's nine navy ships are sitting idle in port as defence personnel leave the force for better salaries.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/480354/third-of-nz-navy-ships-idle-as-defence-force-staff-leave
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Author: RNZ

Dozens of beaches across Auckland are currently unsafe to swim in following bouts of heavy rainfall over the past few days.

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Author: Reuters

All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, leaving 1.5 million people without power, officials said on Saturday (local time).

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/12/ukraine-invasion-russian-drones-smash-power-network-in-odesa-plunging-city-into-darkness.html
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Author: Reuters

Russia is attempting to obtain more weapons from Iran, including hundreds of ballistic missiles, and offering Tehran an unprecedented level of military and technical support in return, the UK's United Nations Ambassador Barbara Woodward said on Friday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/12/russia-ukraine-war-moscow-trying-to-get-ballistic-missiles-from-iran-uk-says.html
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Author: Newshub

The local popularity of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has nearly concluded, according to a writer for the UK's Telegraph.

Wellington-based writer David Cohen has penned a column for the newspaper published on Friday, titled: In New Zealand, our love affair with Jacinda Ardern is coming to an end.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/12/new-zealanders-jacinda-ardern-love-affair-is-coming-to-an-end-telegraph-article-says.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

The police have quietly lowered the threshold at which speed cameras ping drivers.

The result is tens of thousands more tickets handed out for drivers doing between one and 11 kph over the speed limit.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/12/police-reduce-threshold-for-speed-cameras.html
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