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The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham.

The Burnham Inquiry, led by Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer, has found a child was killed during the operation in Afghanistan and at least seven men also died - three of whom have been identified as insurgents.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/operation-burnham-former-minister-wayne-mapp-forgot-about-civilian-casualties.html
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Defence Minister Ron Mark has fleshed out more details from the Defence Capability Plan.   These include the government’s approval of spending $56.8m on the Operational and Regulatory Aviation Compliance project from within internal departmental depreciation funding.

Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/theres-much-more-to-the-govts-defence-capability-plan-than-the-1bn-purchase-of-c-130j-hercules/
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 An older article... Also Where it says only "The only other users are the Egyptian and Polish navies." have the SH2G Seasprites... is technically now wrong as considering we sold our old SeaSprites to Peru. So current users are;

  • Egypt
  • New Zealand
  • Poland
  • Peru
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Author: Ellen Nakashima, Rachel Lerman & Jeanne Whalen

US President Donald Trump said late Friday (Saturday NZT) he plans to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the United States, the latest sign of the administration's increasingly strident stance on China and its tech companies.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/300071788/donald-trump-to-bar-chineseowned-tiktok-from-operating-in-the-united-states
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Author: Jamie Ensor

Peters told Newshub Nation on Saturday that New Zealand wanted the Middle Kingdom to uphold its commitment to the 'one country, two systems' principle it set out when Hong Kong was transferred to China in 1997. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/suspension-of-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-not-interference-from-new-zealand-winston-peters.html
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Author: Roberto Rabel

Roberto Rabel recently attended the 11th South China Sea International Conference ‘Cooperation for Regional Security and Development’ in Hanoi, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

What happens in the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea matters to New Zealand because this strategically located maritime zone involves some of our most vital trade routes and commercial activities.

Article: https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion/the-new-normal-in-the-south-china-sea/
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Author: Dan Satherley

New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab is confident it's figured out what caused its last launch to fail.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/rocket-lab-figures-out-what-caused-its-last-mission-to-fail.html
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Author: Jeff Becker

China appears to be accelerating its campaign to control the South China Sea and the Senkaku Islands (pictured) in the East China Sea. Beijing does itself no favours with the highly ambiguous nature of its claims in the region. Its internationally condemned ‘nine-dash line’ sometimes appears to be delineating its claims to the island features within it. More ominously, Beijing sometimes insinuates the line as a maritime delineation, carving out sovereign control of the sea itself as well as the airspace above it.

Article: https://navalinstitute.com.au/how-to-stop-chinese-takeover-of-south-china-sea/
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A statement from Air Marshal Kevin Short: I would like to acknowledge the work of the Inquiry team headed by Sir Terence Arnold and the Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer — and I welcome the Inquiry’s Report.

Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/report-of-the-inquiry-into-operation-burnham-released-d8ad9e203f51
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