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Author: Marc Daalder

Health briefings obtained by Newsroom show the Government only began planning for a Delta outbreak in late July, just weeks before the virus escaped MIQ in August, Marc Daalder reports

A single bullet-point in a late July health report is the first sign that the Government was preparing for a Delta outbreak.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300440849/covid19-documents-reveal-real-lack-of-preparedness-for-delta
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Author: Jenna Lynch

The Government isn't ruling out mandating COVID-19 vaccinations in the construction sector as the race to 90 percent heats up, and the COVID-19 Response Minister is eyeing other industries too. 

Come next year, all tradies working on a renovation job at Ridgway School will need to be double-vaccinated to be on the site, because they're working around children. But the setor wants a mega mandate - all jabbed no matter the site, no matter the trade. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/government-not-ruling-out-mandating-covid-19-vaccinations-in-construction-other-industries.html
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 While I am not anti vax... and in fact I am already double vaccinated, but I don't believe this need to be mandated.

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Author: Amelia Wade

The Government is pushing through its Three Waters reforms come hell or high water. 

The plan takes power off local councils to manage drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. Being part of it was originally voluntary but is now compulsory and extremely tricky for future governments to unpick. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/how-mayors-across-new-zealand-reacted-to-three-waters-mandate.html
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Author: Stephen Jacobi

Opinion: The announcement of an Agreement in Principle (AiP) on a future free trade agreement with the United Kingdom warms the heart at a challenging time.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/454128/hello-to-global-britain-our-new-best-free-trade-friend
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Author: Matthew Lee

The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

Amid a surge in Chinese military activity near the island that China regards as a renegade province and has vowed to reclaim by force if necessary, Washington and Beijing have launched new campaigns for global support for their respective positions, each using the stern and lofty language of sovereignty and international precedent. And neither is backing down.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300439847/us-china-sparring-over-taiwan-heats-up-anew
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ACC “has work to do” to regain Kiwis’ trust that their private information is safe with the agency, the Government says. 

It comes after revelations that a group of more than a dozen Hamilton-based ACC call centre staff shared details of people's injuries on Snapchat . 

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/27/acc-has-work-to-do-to-regain-trust-after-privacy-breach-govt/
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Author: Anusha Bradley

ACC call centre workers shared details of people's injuries and mocked them on Snapchat, RNZ can reveal.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/26/acc-staff-posted-clients-details-to-snapchat-group/
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Author: Nighthawk

What did I just watch and the smug ill-informed interviewer.

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Article: https://twitter.com/AvgJoesJoinery/status/1453033917414510600
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  1. Helen Clark takes aim at Aukus, urges rich nations to act over 'disgraceful' vaccine inequity
  2. 40 pct of New Zealand's workforce faces mandatory vaccination as Government announces sweeping changes
  3. The US and China must find a way to cooperate at COP26 and beyond. Otherwise, global climate action is impossible
  4. Turkey sacks New Zealand foreign ambassador, nine other Western diplomats for demanding Osman Kavala's release

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