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Category : News
Author: Amelia Wade

The Prime Minister has touched down in the United States just as China warned the superpower is playing with fire.

American warships in the Indo-Pacific - a signal to China: your influence is not welcome here.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-touches-down-in-united-states-as-china-warns-it-s-playing-with-fire.html
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Category : News
Author: Jamie Ensor

Winston Peters has said "serious security concerns" in the Pacific were "avoidable" in a speech where he advocated for New Zealand standing alongside like-minded countries in the region and backing that up with "our finances and resources".  

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/winston-peters-says-pacific-security-concerns-avoidable-united-states-warned-years-ago-of-need-for-cooperation.html
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Category : News
Author: Amelia Wade

The Prime Minister's meeting with the President of the United States at the White House hangs in the balance because she caught COVID-19.

Jacinda Ardern has officially announced her travel itinerary for her trip to America and it includes stops in New York, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/jacinda-ardern-s-white-house-meeting-with-us-president-joe-biden-hangs-in-balance.html
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Category : News
Author: Newshub

Three Members' Bills have been drawn from the ballot allowing law suggestions from MPs that aren't Ministers, including a call from the Green Party to lower New Zealand's voting age to 16.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-calls-for-voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

National, ACT, Te Pāti Māori and the Green Party have given their responses to the government's Budget 2022.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/467459/watch-political-parties-respond-to-budget-2022
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Category : Analysis
Author: Russell Palmer

There's a lot of spending flying around in Budget 2022 - here are the main expenses in an easy-to-read list.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/467456/budget-2022-at-a-glance-what-you-need-to-know
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Category : News
Author: Mark Jennings

Defence spending would jump dramatically and more state-owned companies would be floated on the share market to raise billions of dollars under ACT’s alternative budget.

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/acts-guns-and-butter-budget
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Category : News
Author: Joanne Naish

A cartoon published in a West Coast newspaper has been labelled “racist and abhorrent”.

The cartoon by Hokitika cartoonist David Thomas Healy was published in the Greymouth Star on Thursday.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/128659943/greymouth-star-editor-apologises-for-offence-taken-over-racist-cartoon
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