Author: Robert Ayson
Since the Ardern government took office, we've been treated to a veritable deluge of publically launched defence policy documents. Minister Ron Mark has had no need of a new White Paper – the next one is due no earlier than 2021.

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New Zealand has announced plans to increase its military capabilities in the Pacific in a move that is widely expected to prompt reaction from China.

Article: https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/10/29/609846/New-Zealand-China-military-Pacific-US-Australia
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Author: Jamie Ensor

A British reality television star and Instagram influencer is facing criticism after suggesting the events of World War II shouldn't be taught at school as it may impact students' mental health.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/11/social-media-influencer-freddie-bentley-under-fire-for-saying-learning-about-world-war-ii-bad-for-mental-health.html
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Author: Tom Hamburger, Carol D Leonnig, Greg Miller and Ellen Nakashima

Several days after US President Donald Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns about the leaders' conversation with anyone outside the White House, according to three people familiar with the aide's testimony.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/117115688/white-house-official-told-keep-quiet-after-hearing-trumps-call-with-ukraine-leader
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Author: Benn Bathgate

The woman accused of defrauding an anti-child abuse charity she established in Taupō has failed in a bid to get one of the charges she faces dismissed. 

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Author: Chris Morris

Plans to build a cockleshell-shaped building at the heart of Dunedin's waterfront development plan appear to be on ice, at least for now, but the concept is not dead, the Dunedin City Council says.

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Author: Dan Lake

The results of a survey of Norfolk Island residents has revealed that almost its entire population no longer want to be governed by Australia, and a third would rather be governed by New Zealand.

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A motorcyclist has died in a terrible Timaru crash on Saturday morning.

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