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There’s nothing like the topic of medallic recognition to get the teeth grinding and sabres rattling in the defence force community. There is a long history of grievances around orders, decorations and medals. It is surprising how resistant many governments and officials are to settling what, in most cases, ends up being a $70 bit of metal and coloured ribbon with an accompanying afternoon tea. The significance is not in the cost but in the acknowledgement by the State of an individual’s service to others and the importance of that can’t be over-estimated.
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Read more: National Emergency Medal for NZ?
- Article: https://unclas.com/2021/01/13/national-emergency-medal-for-nz/
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An independent panel said on Monday that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial COVID-19 outbreak, and criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until January 30.
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Read more: Helen Clark's COVID-19 panel critical of China, World Health Organization
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An immunologist says fast-tracking New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccine rollout isn't the answer and believes the Government has its plan right.
National and ACT are calling for the vaccine rollout in New Zealand to be fast-tracked, especially for border workers. The UK expects every adult in its population to be vaccinated by September while New Zealand's vaccine rollout isn't expected to start until the second quarter of this year.
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Read more: Other countries need coronavirus vaccine more urgently than New Zealand
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Rhetoric plays an important role in tax debate and therefore tax policy. If your side manages to gain traction in the public imagination with labels such as "death tax" or "dementia tax", you have gone a long way to normalising the labels and winning support.
Some truth underpins these particular labels -- an estate tax is triggered by a person's death, and the United Kingdom's abandoned levy for end-of-life care would have been particularly relevant for dementia sufferers.
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As new highly-transmissible Covid-19 strains send countries into second and third lockdowns, Stuff is forging ahead with its Stop! Scanner time campaign to remind Kiwis of the importance to keep scanning QR codes, should there be a community outbreak.
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Read more: Stop! Scanner time: On the push to get every Kiwi scanning, every time
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Two people who flew from Auckland to Fiji have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) announced the two new border cases on Sunday. They are a 49-year-old woman and a 58-year-old woman who arrived on flight NZ952 on December 24.
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Read more: Two people flying from New Zealand test positive for COVID-19 in Fiji
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People often get confused about whether the Seasprite helicopter is a Royal New Zealand Navy or a Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft. Find out more from the team at No. 6 Squadron.
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You have two hours to move within 200 metres of the observers and fire your first blank round. You start about one kilometre out, give or take. You cannot be seen at all. If you are seen, you fail.
Each year only 12 soldiers devote six weeks of their lives honing skills which they hope will match the exacting standards required to emerge out the other side as a badged sniper of New Zealand Army. Historically less than half make the grade. In 2020 just six passed.
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Read more: The art of seeing through the tussock
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