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Author: Steven Joyce

OPINION: Will Southland get the Taranaki treatment?

I hold no brief for Rio Tinto or its aluminium smelter but I am a fan of Southland, and I don't think Southland is getting a fair deal.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/117114862/opinion-why-the-rest-of-us-are-paying-to-keeping-aucklands-lights-on
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Category: Defence
Author: Li Jie Sheng

The FPDA, a nonbinding defense pact, plays an important role in the Southeast Asian region.

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Article: https://thediplomat.com/2019/11/the-future-of-the-five-power-defense-arrangements/
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Category: Defence
Author: Agence France-Presse

The Pentagon said Friday it is awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, following a highly scrutinized bidding process which Amazon had been favored to win.

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Article: https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-awards-10-bn-cloud-contract-to-microsoft-snubbing-amazon-72617/
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Author: ROD ORAM

If we are to effectively tackle climate change and achieve our other environmental, economic and social goals there needs to be a complete reinvention of the financial sector and its 'world view'.

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Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/11/03/888404/reinvent-financial-system
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Category: News
Author: Yvette McCullough

Support for Labour in the Indian community could be on shaky ground, with some resigning from their long-time party memberships or vowing not to vote for the party next year, as the backlash to the government's immigration policies continues.

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Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/165821-immigration-policy-changes-may-mean-fall-out-between-labour-and-indian-community.html
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Category: News
Author: Perry Wilton & Dan Satherley

An international relations expert says this year's East Asia Summit could be more significant than previous ones.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/11/trade-deal-bigger-than-the-tpp-focus-of-east-asia-summit.html
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Category: Science
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Author: Joel Achenbach

The universe doesn't look right. It suddenly looks . . . out of whack.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/117114279/scientists-are-baffled-whats-up-with-the-universe
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A new wave of videos are hitting the internet, allowing people to face swap anyone they like, with frightening accuracy.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-wave-face-swapping-technology-poses-threat-democracy
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  1. Showdown between pro-Hong Kong, pro-China protesters in central Auckland
  2. Defence paper puts meat on 'Pacific Reset' bones in report being released
  3. Has Defence gone off the Pacific deep end?
  4. China watching as New Zealand unveils military buildup in Pacific

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