Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

The majority of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel who assisted with the Afghanistan evacuations have returned to New Zealand.

Commander Joint Forces New Zealand Rear Admiral Jim Gilmour has praised their efforts in evacuating New Zealand nationals, their families and other visa holders from Kabul following the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/news/personnel-deployed-on-afghanistan-evacuations-return-to-new-zealand/
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Category : Defence
Author: Royal Institution of Naval Architects

S. Garrett, Defence Technology Agency, New Zealand Defence Force at the NSW Section of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects 5 May 2021

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hax91qOa-bA
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Category : News
Author: Luke Malpass

ANALYSIS: Cabinet will today decide whether the country outside of Auckland will remain at Covid alert level 3 or whether it will come down to level 2. Auckland is set to remain at level 4 for at least another week.

There will be several factors weighing on the nation’s executive as it seeks to make these decisions. The key question will be around the likelihood that there are still positive cases lurking about in the community that are yet unknown.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/126289153/covid-19-will-it-be-level-2-for-the-country-outside-of-auckland
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Category : News
Author: Giles Dexter

The Government has revealed some of the documents the LynnMall terrorist used to gain refugee status were found to be fabricated.

That's why it tried to cancel his refugee status two-and-a-half years ago, but even as he carried out his attack on Friday, the Government was still trying to get him out of the country.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/lynnmall-terror-attack-government-to-look-at-immigration-act-after-terrorist-fabricated-refugee-appeal.html
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Author: Lydia Lewis Mark Quinlivan

New Zealand should have got rid of the west Auckland terrorist, who injured seven people in a knife rampage on Friday, much sooner than they were trying to, a law expert says.

On Friday afternoon, Sri Lankan national Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen, a man that officials had been trying to deport for years, carried out an "ISIS-inspired" attack with a knife on shoppers at the Countdown in west Auckland's LynnMall.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/lynnmall-terror-attack-new-zealand-should-have-got-rid-of-terrorist-much-sooner-law-expert.html
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New Zealand should have got rid of terrorist much sooner? Really which part of they tried and tried do you not understand??? They had to follow the law.

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Author: Rachel Sadler

All of New Zealand, outside of Auckland, should be safe to move to alert level 2 this week as long as this area meets three conditions, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says.

Auckland is in its third week of an alert level 4 lockdown, while the rest of New Zealand has moved down to level 3. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/coronavirus-level-2-move-for-new-zealand-outside-of-auckland-should-be-safe-this-week-michael-baker.html
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Author: RNZ

The mother of the LynnMall attacker says he was brainwashed by neighbours from the Middle East.

Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen, a 32-year-old refugee originally from Sri Lanka, was shot dead by undercover police after stabbing six people inside Countdown in LynnMall on Friday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/mother-of-lynnmall-terrorist-claims-neighbours-brainwashed-him-as-he-recovered-from-injury.html
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‘I’m in hiding, not only me but other colleagues. There’s still some gunfire at night-time. We are living in horror. I’m running out of cash with my family’

Mahmood* is an Afghan interpreter who worked for New Zealand forces during their deployment in Afghanistan. He made a number of applications to the New Zealand government to immigrate over the past several years, but was turned down each time.

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/05/we-are-in-darkness-diary-of-a-nzdf-interpreter-left-behind-in-kabul
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