Category : News
Author: Rachel Pannett

French defence contractor Naval Group is preparing to send Australia a bill after a NZ$93 billion contract was sunk by a secret deal between Canberra, Washington and London to share technology on nuclear-powered submarines and formed Aukus, a new three-nation defence alliance.

Naval Group chief executive Pierre Eric Pommellet told France's Le Figaro newspaper in an article published on Wednesday that a bill would be sent to Canberra in the coming weeks. Australia had agreed in 2016 to buy 12 diesel-powered submarines from the French, and the break fee – on top of the more than a billion dollars reportedly spent during the design phase – could be substantial.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/300414847/france-to-bill-australia-over-torpedoed-submarine-deal
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 To be fair New Zealand learnt the hard way not to deal with France back in the 1980's over nuclear... oh wait...

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Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch, Scott Yeoman and Michael Daly

Zespri kiwifruit have been pulled from some supermarket shelves in China after a batch of fruit tested positive for Covid-19.

The kiwifruit company on Friday afternoon said it had launched “emergency management plans” in response to the Covid scare, and the Government was supporting its discussions with Chinese authorities.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126489684/zespri-kiwifruit-tests-positive-for-covid19-in-china
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Category : News
Author: Emanuel Stoakes & Sam Sachdeva

An influential Chinese-language media outlet in New Zealand warned its users their information could be shared with 'relevant state agencies' if they violated Chinese laws

A popular news site could be exposing New Zealanders to Chinese state surveillance, Newsroom can reveal.

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/concern-over-censorship-rules-of-nz-chinese-news-site
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Category : News
Author: Ford Hart

OPINION: New Zealand commentators continue to mull over the significance of Aukus, the Australian-UK-US security arrangement announced on September 15.

Kiwis, naturally, will have a range of responses to it. Whatever they conclude, I believe three fundamental points should inform thinking.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126469640/aukus-shows-us-is-committed-to-the-indopacific
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Category : Defence
Author: Chris Penk

According to Opposition spokesperson for Defence and Veterans Chris Penk MP, New Zealand must learn lessons from Afghanistan if we are to respond properly to the moral and military challenges of the future.

Let’s talk about Afghanistan. The security situation in that country has undergone such a dramatic transformation in the past several weeks that it’s probably unwise of me to record my thoughts on it now. After all, the next several weeks could yet register a further shift – as the situation is clearly not settled, as I write – that other lessons to be learnt may well overtake any that I offer now.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/09/24/afghanistan-lessons-to-learn-chris-penk/
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Category : Defence
Author: Nighthawk
Final flight for NZ4203  After 55-years with our whānau, NZ4203 flew its final flight today from Base Auckland to Base Woodbourne.
 
The P-3K2 Orion arrived in New Zealand in January 1967 and has undertaken more than 27,000 flying hours, circumnavigating the globe in support of RNZAF deployments and exercises. This aircraft is the first of the fleet of six to retire before we welcome the new P-8A Poseidon fleet.
Category : Opinion
Author: Nighthawk

So I came home and cleared the mailbox and there was a fold-out flyer... End the Evil CCP.

Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

New Zealand needs to find better ways to deal with the effects of COVID-19 or risks being left behind by the rest of the world, according to Orion Health's chief executive.

Businesses are calling on the Government to drastically revamp managed isolation to stop them being kneecapped on the international stage because they can not travel.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/coronavirus-ceo-calls-nz-a-hermit-nation-says-businesses-and-sports-teams-shouldn-t-have-to-use-miq.html
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He proposed business employees who had travelled overseas would isolate at home or in hotels which were not managed by the MIQ system.

Lets see now... ummmm we tried that and people broke the rules leading to a lockdown. Heck they break the rules even when they are in MIQ... So NO!

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