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WELCOME HOME MANAWANUI

 Published November 26, 2020 11:48AM   Picture by Paul Rickard The HMNZS Manawanui dive and hydrographic ship arrived at Eastland Port at around 9am today for a four-day stay. An official powhiri/welcome was held at the wharf next to the ship this morning to welcome the 65 crew members. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named GisborneContinue reading “WELCOME HOME MANAWANUI”

Satellite images show China has built a village and military storage bunkers in Himalayan region along disputed border with India US-based satellite company Maxar Technologies took aerial pictures of building activity in disputed areas The images show that construction is taking place along the Doklam , which borders China, India & Bhutan Thin strip of land is claimed by China and Bhutan but also holds significance for India, who use it to transport goods from New Delhi to northern states

 By RYAN FAHEY FOR MAILONLINE  PUBLISHED: 23:07 AEDT, 24 November 2020 | UPDATED: 01:39 AEDT, 25 November 2020           e-mail   57shares 107 View comments Satellite images have revealed how China has built a village and military storage bunkers in a Himalayan region along a disputed border with India.  US-based satellite operator Maxar Technologies, who photographed the series of aerialContinue reading “Satellite images show China has built a village and military storage bunkers in Himalayan region along disputed border with India US-based satellite company Maxar Technologies took aerial pictures of building activity in disputed areas The images show that construction is taking place along the Doklam , which borders China, India & Bhutan Thin strip of land is claimed by China and Bhutan but also holds significance for India, who use it to transport goods from New Delhi to northern states”

HMNZS Pukaki (P3568) was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangarei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties include border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response. Pukaki was the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Pukaki.

  HMNZS Pukaki was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 17 October 2019. Regulatory changes in 2012 resulted in operating restrictions around speed and sea states being imposed on them. Subsequently the RNZN assessed them as no longer being suited to the heavy seas typically encountered off New Zealand and further afield. https://ift.tt/2rHTCQ4 HMNZS PukakiContinue reading “HMNZS Pukaki (P3568) was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangarei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties include border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response. Pukaki was the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Pukaki.”