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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is admitting it has a problem with alcohol.
Newshub can reveal that Military Police recorded hundreds of drink-related episodes over the past two years.
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A former New Zealand defence minister says he cannot see the United States and Iran coming to blows despite Washington being reckless in killing Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike as he left Baghdad Airport last week, ratcheting up tensions in the Middle East.
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Read more: 'Like throwing a match on tinder paper': Wayne Mapp on Trump's dumb move
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Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp forecasts that New Zealand will continue to deepen its relationship with China, and that it may diverge from Australia as it seeks to rebalance with China and the United States.
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Read more: Does New Zealand have to choose between China and the United States
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/http://defsecmedia.co.nz/data/documents/Line-of-Defence-2018-Autumn.pdf
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Britain's first astronaut believes aliens exist and are possibly living among humans on Earth.
Helen Sharman was the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Russia Mir space station.
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Read more: Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman says aliens possibly on Earth, definitely exist
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Life is pretty easy to recognise. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple. In biology, researchers often use the acronym "MRSGREN" to describe it. It stands for movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition.
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Read more: Astronaut's claim there are aliens among us not so far-fetched
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Hundreds of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest their government's "lies" over the downing of a Ukrainian plane.
After it crashed on January 8, the Iranian authorities denied speculation they'd accidentally shot it down, amid tensions with the US. One even claimed it was "scientifically impossible" for the Boeing 737-800 to have been hit by an Iranian missile.
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A 13-year-old girl who made credible allegations of sexual abuse against her stepfather has won the right to leave Australia to return to New Zealand to live with her father.
The girl's mother and stepfather had taken a court case all the way to the New South Wales Supreme Court to try to block the girl from being legally allowed to leave the state.
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Read more: Kiwi girl wins court battle to leave Australia to live with her father in NZ
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The first two years of the Coalition government have been a pleasant surprise for those interested in defence matters.
They have a coherent defence story, particularly well set out in the 2019 Capability Plan, which builds on the work of the previous National government. They have been able to make the big multibillion-dollar procurement decisions, something that eluded the previous government. The Coalition government has even managed to gain some degree of acceptance from the Green Party about the direction of defence policy.
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Read more: Capability questions for the next government
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