Author: Line of Defence Magazine

Dr Peter Greener, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies (VUW) asks Commander Joint Forces New Zealand RADM James Gilmour about large-scale training exercises, overseas deployments, women in uniform, frigates, helicopters and more.

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Author: Glenn Mcconnell

OPINION:​ Happy New Year, reader. I'm living 2020 like I live most days.

I start with huge expectations and then give in when things get hot, before eventually settling on doing very little.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/columnists/118545469/five-radical-ideas-to-make-new-zealand-fairer-better-and-less-annoying
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Author: Shamubeel Eaqub

OPINION: The tax system will need to change, because of shifting demographics and changing nature of our economy. Will we bin the current system and change to something radical like a wealth, capital or land tax?

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118373157/should-new-zealand-just-tax-land
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Author: RNZ

Jared Diamond is most famous for a book published more than 20 years ago, Guns, Germs, and Steel, about why some societies are more successful than others. It won him the Pulitzer Prize.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018697832/professor-jared-diamond-the-world-is-in-more-trouble-than-it-has-ever-been
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Author: KEY ENABLERS

Australia is spending 17 times more on defence than New Zealand, with a leading Defence think tank warning that New Zealand is at risk "of becoming a Western ally with Chinese characteristics".

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As the President pushes for a code of conduct in the South China Sea, a Filipino ship captain claims he was harassed by a Chinese naval warship in the disputed territory.

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A pack of cigarettes could cost you more than $40 from today as the new year marks the next price rise as part of an annual tax-driven increase introduced in the 2016 budget.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/your-packet-cigarettes-just-got-more-expensive-today?auto=0
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Author: LINE OF DEFENCE MAGAZINE

In the latest instalment from its Notes from the Field series (edited by Dr Nina Harding), Massey University’s Security Politics Development Network features diverse perspectives from a range of commentators in response to the 2019 DCP.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2019/11/24/dcp-poses-big-questions-over-non-traditional-capabilities/
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