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With an inquiry into claims of a military cover-up over deaths in Afghanistan set to wrap up within months, a new report argues New Zealand needs to better track, and prevent, civilian harm in conflicts.
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Read more: Is NZ selling civilians short in our military conflicts?
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/04/788870/is-nz-selling-civilians-short-in-our-military-conflicts
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The New Zealand Defence Force says it is preparing court martial proceedings against a soldier accused of several assault charges.
In a media advisory today, the military said the court martial will sit on September 23 at Burnham Military Camp near Christchurch.
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Read more: NZDF to conduct court martial of soldier accused of assault charges
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Some New Zealand gun owners are upset they're being compelled to hand over their assault weapons for money. Others believe a government-imposed ban on certain semi-automatics following a March shooting massacre is the best way to combat gun violence.
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Read more: Police investigate man who allegedly tried to game gun buyback
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/police-investigate-man-who-allegedly-tried-to-game-gun-buyback/
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Tenants who moved into a brand-new rental unit have trashed the property, stabbing hundreds of holes in the walls and floor and tearing off doors.
Landlord Anthony Dacre said the damage was discovered when the tenants, a young family, were evicted from the home in St Albans, Christchurch.
He found hundreds of stab and punch holes in the walls, doors ripped off their hinges and other door panels broken, holes in the floor vinyl, writing on the walls, broken glass, the oven door pulled apart, and even foot marks on the ceiling.
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Read more: Brand-new Christchurch home suffers more than $10k damage from tenants
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/115429355/brandnew-christchurch-home-suffers-more-than-10k-damage-from-tenants
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An Australian vegan has taken her neighbours all the way to the Supreme Court, demanding they stop smoking, bouncing balls and even cooking barbecues in the backyard.
Cilla Carden from Perth, said she is fed up with the smell of meat cooking on the barbecue next door.
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Steven Tyler, the frontman of the rock back Aerosmith, sent President Donald Trump a cease and desist letter on Wednesday, demanding that the president stop playing the band's music at his rallies, Tyler's attorney Dina LaPlot confirmed to ABC News.
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Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says the current system of keeping cannabis illegal is a waste of time and resources.
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Read more: Keeping cannabis illegal a waste of police time - Helen Clark
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/09/keeping-cannabis-illegal-a-waste-of-police-time-helen-clark.html
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A climate change advocate was arrested for painting an example of projected rising sea levels on an MP's office window.
Police confirmed Rowan Manley Campbell was arrested for disorder and received a pre-charge warning, after spraying a pink line across Coromandel MP Scott Simpson's office window in Thames on Tuesday morning.
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Read more: Extinction Rebellion protester arrested for spray-painting MP's Thames office
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/115496729/extinction-rebellion-protester-arrested-for-spraypainting-mps-thames-office
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