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Author: Tess McClure

In an interview with the Guardian, Nanaia Mahuta says exporters must diversify to protect themselves from a potential cooling of ties with Beijing

New Zealand could find itself at the heart of a “storm” of anger from China, foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta has warned, saying exporters needed to diversify to ensure they could survive deteriorating relations with Beijing.
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Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/25/a-matter-of-time-new-zealands-foreign-minister-warns-china-storm-could-be-coming
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Author: AP - Associated Press

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1, Myanmar media reported.

One of her lawyers, Min Min Soe, told The Associated Press by phone that Suu Kyi was able to meet with her defence team before her hearing began at a special court set up inside the city council building in Naypyitaw, the capital. The hearing's purpose was procedural.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300315736/myanmars-suu-kyi-makes-first-inperson-court-appearance-following-military-coup
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Author: Matt Burrows

Any talk of a cooling housing market is premature, if the latest real estate sales data is anything to go by - with just one in 100 residential properties failing to make a profit in the first quarter of the year.

Property database CoreLogic on Tuesday released its Pain and Gain report for January-March 2021, in which it revealed profit-making residential property resales had reached 98.9 percent - the highest peak in the 25 years this data set has been recorded.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/05/new-zealand-housing-market-breaks-resale-profit-record-as-wellington-auckland-post-huge-capital-gains.html
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Author: Michael Morrah

Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has accused the FAST Party of "treason" following the party's swearing in during a ceremony on the lawns of Parliament. 

Hundreds gathered on Monday expecting Parliament to reconvene, only to find FAST Party leader, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, and her supporters had been locked out of Parliament. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/05/samoa-malielegaoi-accuses-fast-party-of-treason-following-official-swearing-in-ceremony.html
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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expects New Zealand will ditch the Queen and become a republic in her lifetime, but she has "never sensed urgency" from Kiwis. 

It comes as Ardern announced the appointment of former Children's Commissioner and head of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group Dame Cindy Kiro as the next Governor-General to replace Dame Patsy Reddy as the Queen's representative. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-expects-new-zealand-will-become-a-republic-in-her-lifetime.html
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Author: Hannah Kronast

A new study by researchers at the University of Otago has found a link between anxiety and religious belief.

The study, which was published in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, had almost 1000 participants complete a recall test to see if people who were anxious or non-anxious had a better memory of supernatural agents.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/kiwi-study-finds-anxious-people-more-likely-to-remember-religious-ideas.html
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No shit sherlock... that has been known for a long time... 

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Author: Q&A TVNZ

Rocket Lab's been a darling of New Zealand's tech sector but some locals have concerns. Whena Owen went to Māhia Peninsula to hear them.

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Author: Thomas Manch

The Government intends to rewrite the Defence Force’s priorities, as the defence minister signals a possible move away planned billion-dollar investments in ships and aeroplanes.

The Defence Force received $5 million in new spending in Budget 2021, announced by the Government on Thursday. The allocation, for maintaining the defence estate, was a fraction of the more than $2 billion allocated in 2019, and $1.7 billion in 2020 for big ticket items like new Hercules aeroplanes.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/125205197/government-will-rewrite-defence-forces-priorities-possibly-signalling-leaner-years
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 Well... I don't like the sound of that and where it might lead to...
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  4. Samoa's Head of State cancels Parliament sitting 'for reasons I will make known in due course'

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