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Author: Ella Prendergast & Dan Satherley

Months of work has gone in to enacting a new tax on international online sellers.

GST on purchases less than $1000 comes into force from today for retailers selling products in New Zealand, if they sell more than $60,000 worth of goods here annually.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2019/12/online-gst-rules-kick-in.html
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The Auckland dry dock is no longer fit for purpose and the Regional Economic Development Minister and the Minister of Defence say they have now got a strong case for it to be moved north.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/could-part-devonport-s-naval-base-relocated-whangarei
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Author: Brittney Deguara

It's a regular scene outside op shops – people swing by after hours to drop off their donated goods at the front door, or leave them beside an overflowing donation bin on the side of the road.

While those responsible might have good intentions, they're actually breaking council rules.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117773380/how-you-could-be-fined-400-for-donating-to-an-op-shop
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Rocket Lab has stood down a scheduled Friday evening launch of its Electron rocket from Māhia Peninsula "to conduct further tests on ground systems".

Among the cargo on the rocket is a Japanese satellite that could drop artificial "shooting stars" to light up the skies above Tokyo for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in the Japanese capital in 2020.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/117836314/olympics-opening-shooting-star-show-hope-from-satellite-launching-in-new-zealand
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Author: Nighthawk

I want to thank everyone for your kind words, and support, from facebook and text messages.

Those that knew her, know the person she was, kind and caring to everyone that needed and wanted it. All she wanted to do was help people. She was full of life and I mean boy was she full of life :-) And had my sense of wacky weird humour.

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Author: Press Release: ACT New Zealand

“The Government has once again shifted the goalposts on licenced firearms owners with just 22 days remaining in the failing gun ‘buy-back’”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1911/S00244/govt-changes-rules-with-22-days-left-on-buy-back.htm
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Author: Press Release: New Zealand Government

New Zealand’s defense minister marked the official start of construction works on a new base for the country’s future P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft with a sod-turning ceremony on November 29.

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Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1911/S00246/p-8a-poseidon-base-works-commence.htm
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Category: Defence
Author: Ron Mark

Tērā te haeata takiri ana mai i runga o Pukaha!

Ara tai uru, whai uru, whai uru!

Ara whai ato, whai ato, whai ato!

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Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-2019-defence-industry-advisory-council-and-defence-employer-support-council-awards
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