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Author: Harry Lock

Employers of 1800 border workers who must be vaccinated are being told they will have to tread carefully if staff refuse to have the COVID-19 vaccination.

A new government Health Order covers private sector staff in jobs seen as too high risk to be left unprotected.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/07/coronavirus-new-vaccination-rule-could-see-rise-in-employment-disputes-lawyer-says.html
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

Aircrew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules have carried out a medical evacuation of a patient from McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

The aircraft, with 13 crew on board including two New Zealand Defence Force medical personnel, left Christchurch for Antarctica at 10.25pm yesterday. The aircraft landed back in Christchurch shortly after 2pm today.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/news/rnzaf-carries-out-medevac-from-antarctica/
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Author: Shannon Redstall

Kiwis are feeling a pinch at the pump as fuel prices reach heights not seen since before the pandemic.

Data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which measures the average cost of fuel across New Zealand's major cities every week, shows since 2015 the price of fuel has been trending upwards.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/07/new-zealanders-feel-pinch-at-pump-as-fuel-prices-reach-heights-not-seen-since-before-pandemic.html
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Author: Martyn Mclaughlin

It is perhaps a sign of how dire the prospects are for Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals that the hoary old idea of the nation taking its place in a so-called Canzuk union is once again being dusted down and run up the flagpole.

Since the EU referendum, the prospect of a new global superpower alliance - composed of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - has been talked up by a small but committed band of supporters.

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Article: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/motivations-behind-anglosphere-fantasies-are-worth-questioning-2939044
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Author: James Skinner

With the Australia-UK trade deal completed in principle, the New Zealand-UK trade deal close behind and Canada facing an impending national election, the roadmap to CANZUK can seem difficult to navigate. We lay out the expected route for CANZUK and what the future holds for the campaign in the months and years ahead.

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Article: https://www.canzukinternational.com/2021/07/the-roadmap-to-canzuk-whats-to-come.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

Louisa Wall says the Prime Minister should have been aware her views on China were going to make headlines, since they were recorded in an interview six months ago. 

The Labour MP made headlines earlier this week when she accused the one-party state - which happens to be our biggest trading partner - of a range of abuses over and above the alleged genocide of the Uighur people in Xinjiang.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/louisa-wall-doubles-down-on-china-organ-harvesting-comments.html
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Author: Heather du Plessis-Allan

People calling for a raise in the pension age can take a hike, frankly. 

You always hear this from the same kind of people, don’t you? Soft-handed city dwellers who sit behind a desk all day for their jobs, who only ever break a sweat in a gym class. 

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/video/heather-du-plessis-allan-people-calling-for-raising-the-pension-age-can-take-a-hike
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 I am only 53 and I feel my body shutting down, brown and I am in a physical labour job... I am hoping I will make it to 65 let alone them raising it... bugger that and those that say we should come do my job for a couple of months and see how you feel.
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Category: Defence
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Author: Jane Patterson of RNZ
 

The $20 billion spend-up on defence is the latest COVID-19 casualty, with a range of options to scale it down now before the finance minister.

The major investment in a range of new military hardware and upgrade was announced by former Defence Minister and New Zealand First MP Ron Mark in 2019.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/06/covid-19-forced-govt-to-cut-back-defence-spending-peeni-henare.html
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  1. National's Chris Penk tells Australian TV show he's 'embarrassed' for New Zealand after Defence essay controversy
  2. Gunman arrested after police officer shot in Hamilton
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