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Published: 22 February 2020

Author: Press Release: Fair And Reasonable

The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners is calling on Police Minister Stuart Nash to front up and explain, after releasing new figures showing that since 2011, Police employees have been caught 244 times for unauthorised use of confidential and sensitive Policing databases.

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Read more: As Arms Bill Hits Parliament, New Corruption Data Exposes Police

Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2002/S00154/as-arms-bill-hits-parliament-new-corruption-data-exposes-police.htm

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Published: 22 February 2020

Author: Steven Joyce

OPINION: House prices are on the rise again, and this time rents are rising as well.

And right on cue, the property interventionists are limbering up to demand capital gains taxes, rent freezes and sundry other measures to tackle the issue.

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Read more: How to fix the housing crisis

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/real-estate/119731577/before-we-start-talking-about-another-housing-crisis-lets-talk-about-what-works

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Published: 22 February 2020

Author: Carolyn Y. Johnson, Lena H. Sun, William Wan and Joel Achenbach

In South Korea, coronavirus cases quadrupled over two days, as 144 members of a religious sect tested positive. In Singapore, clusters of infection have been traced to two churches, a hotel business meeting, a health products shop and a construction site. In Iran, an outbreak has seeded new cases in Lebanon and Canada - a worrisome sign the disease could be spreading more widely than realised.

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Read more: Coronavirus outbreak edges closer to pandemic

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119734118/coronavirus-outbreak-edges-closer-to-pandemic

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Published: 22 February 2020

Author: Amber-Leigh Woolf and Warwick Rasmussen

New Zealanders are embracing plant-based diets with more people than ever choosing to go meat-free - and the signs are that it's no passing fad.

But while the move towards "meatless" is driven by many factors - such as price, preference and moral stances - a major change in our appetites will have a massive impact on our farming sector and what they produce in the future.

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Read more: We need to talk about Vegans: should New Zealand embrace a meatless future?

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/119628510/we-need-to-talk-about-vegans-should-new-zealand-embrace-a-meatless-future

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The short answer is No... and stop calling your vegetable processed product meat, because it is not.  The long answer is... wait till I am dead before you push that crap.  In general, I have nothing against vegans, just stop trying to push your BS on everyone you are worse than the religion.