Category : News
Author: Reuters

North Korea can get all the uranium it needs for nuclear weapons through its existing Pyongsan mill, and satellite imagery of tailings piles suggests the country can produce far more nuclear fuel than it is, a new academic study concludes.

Despite a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear weapons tests since 2017, North Korea has said it is continuing to build its arsenal, and this year it appeared to have restarted a reactor that is widely believed to have produced weapons-grade plutonium.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/11/north-korea-able-to-produce-more-uranium-for-bombs-than-previously-thought-study.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

Over the weekend, the Labour Party is holding its first conference since its landslide win in the 2020 election.

The virtual event's main focus is a vote on changing the way the party elects the leader who will replace Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/11/labour-to-decide-rules-on-how-to-replace-jacinda-ardern.html
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Category : News
Author: Hon Andrew Little

Tēnā tātou katoa,
Ki te reo pōhiri, kei te mihi,
He taura tangata, he taura kaupapa e hono ana i a tatou katoa,
Ko nga take whakamarumaru, take tiaki, ki tā te Kawanatanga mahi,
te kaupapa o te ra,
Mauri ora ki a tātou katoa.

Ngā mihi nui to the Victoria University of Wellington-Te Herenga Waka Centre for Strategic Studies for hosting this evening’s event.

Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/intelligence-and-security-our-changing-world-speech-victoria-university-wellington-centre
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Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch and Lucy Craymer

New Zealand’s diplomats will prioritise Pacific Island nations’ resilience due to threats such as climate change and potentially “catastrophic” levels of Chinese debt.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126877134/new-zealands-diplomats-to-focus-on-resilience-in-pacific-as-climate-change-and-chinese-debt-threat-grows
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Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch

Intelligence Agencies Minister Andrew Little has decried the "extremes" of public debate about security issues, and foreshadowed an impending announcement that will "test" critics of the spy agencies.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126895261/intelligence-agencies-minister-andrew-little-foreshadows-announcement-that-will-test-spy-agency-critics
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Category : Defence
Author: APDR

Christian Venzal has been appointed Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in Australia and New Zealand, with effect 1 November. Based in Brisbane, Christian is responsible for the company’s civil and military helicopter business in both countries, as well as for its MRO services and local operations.

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/airbus-helicopters-appoints-new-md-for-australia-and-new-zealand/
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Category : Defence
Author: Sam Sachdeva

Military email exchanges from the early days of Afghanistan’s fall show that talk of a New Zealand evacuation mission into Kabul went from “not feasible” to imminent within days – a sign of the volatile situation on the ground.

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/afghanistan-evacuation-from-not-feasible-to-underway-within-days
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Author: Maxine Jacobs

Vaccination pressure, mandates, conflicting information and mistrust in authority are all factors stopping people from getting their “dots”, the head of a new rangatahi vaccination campaign says.

Musician Pere Wihongi is leading the Got Ya Dot campaign in Tāmaki Makaurau, designed to help bridge divisive conversations between whānau and friends who have strong feelings about the Covid-19 vaccination.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/126879092/covid19-im-not-antivax-i-just-dont-like-getting-told-what-to-do
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