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Shareholders in Refining NZ vote tomorrow on a recommendation from company directors to turn Marsden Point into a terminal that only imports processed fuels, ending six decades of the country having its own ability to make petrol and diesel. Australia has just brought in a subsidy to keep its only two surviving refineries open, citing the volatile global supply chain.
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Read more: Could NZ run out of fuel if Marsden Pt oil refinery is closed?
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018806943/could-nz-run-out-of-fuel-if-marsden-pt-oil-refinery-is-closed
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New Zealanders will have to accept the risk of going back into lockdown before the year is up with the Delta variant looming, an expert says.
Aotearoa has enjoyed a Covid-free existence for months, and has so far been spared an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta strain which has spread to more than 132 countries.
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Read more: Level 4 lockdown likely if Delta variant takes hold in NZ, experts say
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300373434/covid19-level-4-lockdown-likely-if-delta-variant-takes-hold-in-nz-experts-say
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The largest ship ever to be operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is a highly versatile fleet replenishment tanker capable of providing adequate logistical support to deployed units of the RNZN and even others from the New Zealand Defence Forces (NZDF) and friendly nations for extended periods.
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- Article: https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/naval-auxiliary-support-vessels/vessel-review-aotearoa-large-supply-tanker-to-support-royal-new-zealand-navys-deployed-task-forces/
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Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp forecasts a decline in NZDF deployments over the next three years, and less money to spend. For the time being, he writes, deployments and spending should be targeted closer to home.
The final withdrawal of NZDF personnel from Afghanistan will take place this May. By then New Zealand will have fewer NZDF personnel on overseas deployment than at any time over the last 25 years. It is therefore timely to look ahead for the next three years, being the current term of this government.
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Read more: The Next Three Years: Less deployments, less dollars for the NZDF
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/04/19/defence-deployments-spending/
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Jacinda Ardern is being accused of treating politics "as a game" after an old social media post emerged appearing to show her calling for housing to be viewed as a human right.
But a spokesperson for the Prime Minister has defended the comments saying they were "made when she was in opposition".
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/08/jacinda-ardern-accused-of-treating-politics-as-a-game-after-post-emerges-of-her-calling-for-housing-as-human-right.html
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An Auckland Councillor says he is reconsidering a lifelong stance against arming police after an increase in gun violence across Aotearoa.
Manukau Ward councillor and ex-police officer Alf Filipaina told Newshub he never thought he would see the rates of gun crime New Zealand is seeing now.
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Read more: Auckland Councillor rethinks position on arming police after spate of gun crime
- Article: Auckland Councillor rethinks position on arming police after spate of gun crime Vita Molyneux Perry Wilton
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A senior police officer in the Hawke’s Bay Organised Crime Unit has let rip at the government’s funding of a meth rehab programme being run by Mongrel Mob members, which was approved by the prime minister.
The Kahukura programme, which serves up to 10 participants over eight weeks on a marae in central Hawke’s Bay, has received $2.75m from the Proceeds of Crime fund.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/125988671/senior-hawkes-bay-police-officer-furious-over-275m-funding-for-mongrel-mobled-rehab-programme
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A managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) guest with COVID-19 has been transferred from an Auckland quarantine facility to hospital.
Responding to a query about the guest, a spokesperson for the Counties Manukau DHB (CMDHB) on Friday told Newshub "we currently have two patients from managed isolation in the hospital", with both in a stable condition.
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Read more: MIQ patient with COVID-19 taken to Auckland hospital
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