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At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID-19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages, public health officials in Norway said on Sunday.
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Read more: Passengers on cruise ship hit by COVID-19 test positive
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2020/08/coronavirus-passengers-on-cruise-ship-hit-by-covid-19-test-positive.html
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Vietnamese authorities said on Sunday they were finding it hard to track the origin of a fresh coronavirus outbreak that began in the central city of Danang and has infected around 200 people in recent weeks.
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Read more: More contagious strain of COVID-19 could be behind Vietnam outbreak
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It will be a very different RIMPAC for the Kiwis this year, with no on-shore exercises or contact with foreign troops. The crew of the HMZNS Manawanui were not going to let a global pandemic stop them participating in the world's largest maritime war games.
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Read more: Navy ship on way to controversial Covid-era war games in Hawaii
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300070680/coronavirus-navy-ship-on-way-to-controversial-covidera-war-games-in-hawaii
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Former fighter pilot Theon Te Koeti usually spends his time flying Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau around the world by private jet at a moment’s notice.
But after returning home in early July to visit his parents, the Kiwi pilot instead found himself grounded in an Auckland hotel when his wife Paula unexpectedly went into labour.
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Irving is slated to build five more such vessels for the navy and two for the Canadian Coast Guard in the next few years.
The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades.
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Read more: HMCS Harry deWolf: Navy welcomes long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
- Article: https://nationalpost.com/news/navy-enters-new-era-by-welcoming-long-awaited-arctic-warship-into-fleet
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The design would make a great SOPV for the RNZN under the DCP 2019
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New Zealand faces potential retaliation for its stance on Taiwan and the World Health Organisation whichever way it turns. The problem is that New Zealand has waded into the middle of a super-power showdown and shows no signs of backing off. One way or another, we are likely to lose.
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Read more: NZ getting squeezed over Taiwan
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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.
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Read more: Operation Burnham: Former Minister Wayne Mapp 'forgot' about civilian casualties
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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.
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- 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;
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