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Author: Zane Small

The Serious Fraud Office has charged six people in relation to a donation made to the Labour Party.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday the defendants are entitled to seek name suppression therefore haven't been named until any name suppression issues have been resolved.

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Author: James Fyfe

Fish and Game says it is disappointed to hear about the dumping of duck carcasses in a rest area in Otago, but insists the sport should not be banned.

Animal rights group SAFE said it was contacted on Thursday after a member of the public found 15 to 20 dead birds near Long Beach.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2021/05/illegal-dumping-of-bird-carcasses-in-otago-renews-calls-for-duck-shooting-ban.html
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A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World Health Organization review panel said on Wednesday.

The experts found crucial shortcomings in the global response in early 2020 - including a delay in declaring an emergency, a failure to impose travel restrictions and an entire "lost month" when countries neglected to respond to warnings - that let the virus quickly spread into a crippling pandemic.

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Author: Jane Patterson

The latest blow up over race relations in Parliament has raised the question - are MPs allowed to call each racist in the House?

The short answer is 'no', says Speaker Trevor Mallard.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/policies-can-be-called-racist-but-not-mps-speaker-rules.html
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Author: Mark Quinlivan

ACT says New Zealand would save $11.2 billion if it was in power, proposing an alternative Budget that would see tax rates cut, minimum wage increases paused and the Zero Carbon Act repealed.

The Government will announce its "Recovery Budget" next Thursday where money is likely to be prioritised on child poverty, housing, and climate change. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/act-party-offers-alternative-budget-for-the-battlers-calling-for-tax-rate-cuts-minimum-wage-pause-and-zero-carbon-act-repeal.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand is co-sponsoring a United Nations (UN) event on the human rights situation in Xinjiang; an event China has lashed out against, labelling it a "shameful travesty".

A number of UN member states and non-government organisations are on Thursday (NZT) attending a virtual conference planned by Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss the treatment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, China. 

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Author: Mark Quinlivan & Caitlin Ellis

Four people are injured, three critically, after a stabbing incident at a Dunedin supermarket.

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Author: Thomas Coughlan

ANALYSIS: Just a week out from the Budget, Finance Minister Grant Robertson will deliver his second major budget speech.

He is expected to answer a question that’s been hovering over the Government since last week’s surprise austerian turn: how bad is it going to get?

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300303321/budget-2021-finance-minister-grant-robertson-to-reveal-how-tight-money-will-be
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