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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Author: 1News

A New Zealand Air Force aircraft is being deployed to help "detect and deter actions" by North Korea that contravene United Nations sanctions.

The deployment of the P-3 Orion, which will operate out of Japan, was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Thursday.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/04/air-force-plane-to-help-enforce-sanctions-on-north-korea/
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Author: Nighthawk

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Category : News
Author: Lucy Craymer

Increasing numbers of Chinese war planes have flown into Taiwan’s airspace in recent weeks, raising questions about the island’s future. Why does this matter, and should New Zealanders care? National Correspondent Lucy Craymer explains.

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait increased markedly last month, when both China and Taiwan celebrated their national days, fuelling fears that Beijing could – as Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has repeatedly hinted – move to take the island by force.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/explained/300439237/why-china-wants-to-take-control-of-taiwan-and-why-new-zealand-should-care
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Author: Reuters

The Pentagon on Wednesday sharply increased its estimate of China's projected nuclear weapons arsenal over the coming years, saying Beijing could have 700 warheads by 2027 and possibly 1,000 by 2030.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/11/china-s-nuclear-arsenal-to-sharply-increase-us-predicts-amid-fresh-concern-over-potential-taiwan-takeover.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie

The recent announcement of a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America has highlighted New Zealand’s long-standing, wicked national security problem.  It is tied, in security terms, to protection from larger nations without the ability to influence them or even be invited to participate at all levels.  Economically, New Zealand is deeply engaged with China as its major trading partner.  This article traverses New Zealand’s three alignment eras, its lack of self-reliance and political inconsistency regarding national security.  Alternate strategic posture options and means of national security governance are suggested as possible pathways to resolving the country’s strategic identity conundrum.

Article: https://wavellroom.com/2021/11/03/new-zealand-struggle-for-strategic-identity/
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Author: Rachel Sadler

A person who was isolating with COVID-19 has died, the Ministry of Health says.

The exact cause of death is currently unknown, they say, and may have been COVID-19 or some other cause. This will be determined by the Coroner.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/coronavirus-one-person-in-isolation-dies-with-covid-19.html
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