Category : News
Author: Alexa Cook

Newshub can reveal up to 200 Defence Force staff could be sacked if they don't get vaccinated.

A number of them are taking the Defence Force to the High Court over the directive to get the jab or be discharged.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/covid-19-up-to-200-defence-force-staff-could-be-sacked-if-they-don-t-get-vaccinated.html
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Category : News
Author: Dan Satherley & Anna Bracewell-Worrall

A week after a man known to police because of his extremist beliefs stabbed seven people in a west Auckland supermarket, Newshub Nation can reveal the authorities are monitoring dozens more with "potentially violent extremist views".

Luckily no one was killed in last week's attack in New Lynn - police had been following the man closely, suspecting he might one day carry out an atrocity. If the Crown had its way he would likely have been in prison but for a loophole in the law, which meant he couldn't be charged with plotting an attack earlier this year. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/revealed-how-many-people-with-extremist-views-in-the-community-are-being-watched-closely.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

Twelve military personnel are launching a legal challenge to the directive that would see them discharged for declining a Covid-19 vaccination.

The group has filed an application for a judicial review of the directive.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/military-personnel-take-legal-action-against-vaccine-directive
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Category : News
Author: Jehan Casinader

Muslim leaders wanted to deradicalise a future terrorist. They say they weren’t given a fighting chance. Jehan Casinader investigates.

Last Friday afternoon, Imam Muhammed Shaakir received a phone call. There had been a stabbing at a New Lynn supermarket. Shoppers were injured, and the attacker – a religious fanatic – was dead.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126332093/the-makings-of-a-terrorist--and-the-people-who-tried-to-help-him
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Author: Reuters

The ability of the Mu variant of the coronavirus to escape from antibodies and vaccines can aid in preparations against other emerging variants, Japanese researchers say.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/coronavirus-mu-variant-more-resistant-to-antibodies-than-delta-study.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

The acting United States Ambassador to New Zealand says the current situation in Afgahnistan is "not how we wanted this to end".

Twenty years on from the 9/11 attacks that led to the War on Terror, the central Asian nation invaded by US-led forces in 2001 is back under Taliban rule. The Islamic fundamentalist group was deposed in 2001 after it refused to hand over al-Qaeda leaders based in Afghanistan who plotted the attacks. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world.html
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Category : Opinion
Author: Peter Greener
At a time when the economy continues to face the costs imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic it may seem premature to be exploring opportunities for building the Royal New Zealand Navy of the future, but now is the very time to be doing so.

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/building-new-zealands-future-navy
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Author: David Andrews
For the first time since the Anzac-class frigate program commenced in the 1980s, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are simultaneously undertaking a comprehensive fleet recapitalisation. By the mid-2030s, the RNZN and RAN are both due to replace their current surface warfare, patrol, sealift, hydrographic, and mine countermeasures vessels. This presents a unique opportunity to reinvigorate and strengthen the trans-Tasman relationship by pursuing a coordinated and consolidated approach to maritime capability acquisition that would enhance interoperability and reinforce a sense of shared purpose and direction between the allies. 

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/anzac-class-20-opportunities-for-cooperation-between-australia-and-new-zealand
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