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OPINION: Jacinda Ardern can hardly claim free (taxpayer-funded) school lunches are her idea. But who cares, right?
For a prime minister that desperately needs some wins, and for one that promised to fight, if not end, child poverty, a free hot meal a day goes a long way towards that goal.
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Read more: Eat that - there is such a thing as a free lunch after all
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/115427917/eat-that--there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-free-lunch-after-all
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A number of residents have reportedly been targeted by a pair pretending to be biosecurity officers, spraying for fruit flies.
Biosecurity New Zealand said it was aware of a report made by north Auckland residents that a man and a woman had visited their homes with a spray bottle.
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Read more: Warning over 'fake' biosecurity officers entering properties on Auckland's North Shore
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115422391/warning-over-fake-biosecurity-officers-entering-properties-on-aucklands-north-shore
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The US state department has approved a possible sale of 31 MK 54 lightweight torpedoes to the Republic of Korea.
The Republic of Korea Navy is acquiring the torpedoes for its new Poseidon P-8A submarine hunter aircraft.
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Read more: US clears sale of MK 54 torpedoes for South Korean P-8As
- Article: https://navaltoday.com/2019/08/29/us-clears-sale-of-mk-54-torpedoes-for-south-korean-p-8as/?fbclid=IwAR3z94jkEuWHZ-spXhZdhKJy6OhK3vZcgvksaHhmSTZeWSjoXJZip_HhfYI#.XWmno3HCj5t.facebook
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Handcuffs, handheld radios and a police-style tactical belt were among several items found inside the home of a man claiming to be an "authorised officer".
An Auckland man was driving home about 11.50pm on January 24 when he was followed into a parking building by a man driving a BMW motorcycle with flashing lights.
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Read more: Police impersonator Shannen Cox faces up to 12 months in prison
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115310727/police-impersonator-shannen-cox-faces-up-to-12-months-in-prison?fbclid=IwAR02kPFS6PweA55PAG9KY8ou0mEoTW1adoBIy-MYD8QcKz_J8OQTin5wqL8
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HMNZS Aoratea in South Korea getting fitted out
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- Article: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/cv4mbv/royal_new_zealand_navy_replenishment_ship_hmnzs/ey22pkk/
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Work to accommodate the arrival of four new P-8A Poseidon aircraft will soon start at Manawatū air force base Ōhakea.
The Government has bought four new P-8 Poseidons, which cost $2.3 billion and will be in action by 2023, to be based at Ōhakea. The planes, which haven't been built yet, will replace the air force's aging P-3 Orions.
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Read more: Preparations to house Poseidons start soon at Ōhakea
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/115285843/preparations-to-house-poseidons-start-soon-at-hakea
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As e-scooters have exploded in popularity in New Zealand, more scrutiny is being applied to their potential risks and public health costs. Now, for the first time, the costs of serious e-scooter injuries has been calculated by New Zealand researchers, who have found that they carry some unique dangers.
Surgeons in Auckland are operating on more e-scooter users than on motorbike riders, and the public health costs are beginning to mount.
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The Mongrel Mob member at the centre of an armed standoff prompted by his drug-induced paranoia had to be dragged from the dock after being jailed for two years and five months.
Hemi Taylor, 26, appeared in Napier District Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm.
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Read more: Armed gang member whose drug-induced paranoia led to 12-hour stand-off restrained in dock
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115286285/armed-gang-member-whose-druginduced-paranoia-led-to-12hour-standoff-restrained-in-dock?fbclid=IwAR2QaXYeahOu1hYGMdVbdkhz6pSHByYcbcivR0LQ4zdZnvLAejlh1kMpvoI
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