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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, with Head of the NZ Defence Forces Lt General Rhys Jones and Minister of Defence Wayne Mapp speak at Whenuapai Airbase regarding the death of a New Zealand SAS Soldier in Afghanistan in 2011.
OPINION: It was 6am on September 12, 2001, when my phone rang and Gerry Brownlee said “turn on the TV, the US is under attack”.
The Twin Towers had fallen. Later that morning we talked about what it meant. Was it like Pearl Harbour? We decided no, in these circumstances, international terrorists could not start a world war. But we knew the world had changed. New Zealand would have to stand with its traditional allies and partners. ....

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