Brian Rudman: Use defence dollars on pests
COMMENT: Divert some defence money to fighting stink bugs, argues Brian Rudman.
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Defence chiefs assess Hercules alternative
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US requests NZ to increase its personnel in Afghanistan
US has requested that NZ increase its personnel in Afghanistan from 10 to 12.
Meeting Mark Mitchell, National MP
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Defence giants are the winners in Trump's new 'arms race'
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Brian Rudman: We deserve to know truth
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Inquiry into dog death, but not girl's?
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NZDF destroyed evidence on report
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Doubt grows over denial of deaths
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Inside Brownlee's secret Iraq mission
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SAS allegations don't appear to be new
Labour, Greens and NZ First want an inquiry into claims made in a new book.