Category : Defence
Author: APDR Staff

Hobart based boat builder PFG announced it has secured a contract valued at approximately $6 million with the New Zealand Defence Force to design and construct three 12.5 metre, high-speed Littoral Manoeuvre Craft (LMC). These watercraft, will be fully constructed from next generation boat building material, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE).

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/pfg-wins-royal-new-zealand-navy-contract/
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Category : News
Author: Marena Mane

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says the government has no interest in AUKUS, a pact between Australia, the UK and the US seeking to improve their military capabilities.

“That’s not something that New Zealand wants to be a part of. It doesn't exclude us from joining with those particular countries in other areas, as we continue to do for security and intelligence purposes,” said Mahuta.

Article: https://www.teaomaori.news/aotearoa-being-left-out-aukus-pact
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/france-cancels-defence-meeting-with-uk-over-submarine-row-sources-say.html
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Category : News
Author: Ireland Hendry-Tennent

A far-right conspiracy theorist who compared COVID-19 to food poisoning and urged her supporters not to get vaccinated says she feels like she got "hit by a bus" after contracting the virus.

Florida based Laura Loomer, who previously tried to run for election as a Republican, has been banned from Twitter and Uber over her extreme views

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/anti-vaccine-extremist-who-wanted-to-catch-covid-to-prove-it-was-like-food-poisoning-says-she-s-in-so-much-pain-feels-like-she-was-hit-by-bus-after-catching-virus.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Forces News

Two of the Royal Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessels have left Falmouth docks for a five-year deployment to the Indo-Pacific. HMS Tamar and HMS Spey will act as the Royal Navy's eyes and ears, working with Britain's allies to tackle drug-running, smuggling, terrorism and other illegal activities. It is hoped that the presence of the two patrol vessels might improve relationships with allies in the region.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olIOYryJ_Y4
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Category : Opinion
Author: Geoffrey Miller

China's level of anger at the new Aukus defence pact between Australia, the UK and the US was only to be expected.France's was not.

And Paris's dramatic recall of its ambassadors to Canberra and Washington at the weekend may be just the start of the impact.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/geoffrey-miller-new-zealand-could-be-the-big-winner-of-aukus-fallout.html
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Category : News
Author: Scott Palmer

The Ministry of Health has confirmed three household members of a remand prisoner announced as a COVID-19 case on Sunday have tested positive.

Two of the three household members attend Mangatangi School on the Hauraki Plains. All three positive cases, and an accompanying adult caregiver, are being moved to a quarantine facility.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/three-new-covid-19-cases-linked-to-remand-prisoner-one-symptomatic-at-mangatangi-school-on-the-hauraki-plains.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Taiwan's air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 10 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the day after the island announced a $9 billion boost to military spending to counter the threat from China.

Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China's air force near the democratically governed island, often in the southwestern part of its air defence zone close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/china-enters-taiwan-air-defence-zone-a-day-after-island-s-military-budget-boost.html
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