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Author: Tom Hunt

The New Zealand has again refrained from joining the other four members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence sharing alliance in condemning China’s latest efforts to stifle pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, with Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta instead expressing her concerns separately.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/123914668/nz-stakes-out-independent-position-in-criticism-of-hong-kong-arrests
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Author: Alexander Gillespie

OPINION: With the relationship between China and Australia souring in the past six months, New Zealand’s response will need to be nuanced and careful, but also principled.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123939096/why-we-should-join-australia-in-case-against-china
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Author: RNZ

New Zealanders are scanning QR codes with the COVID Tracer app at almost half the rate they were two months ago.

It's prompted another reminder from the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, urging people not to become complacent.

In November, there were an average of 866,000 scans per day.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/dr-ashley-bloomfield-issues-plea-for-kiwis-to-use-covid-tracer-app.html
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Author: Rachel Sadler

Simon Bridges says the suspension of New Zealand-based Twitter accounts, many of which voice right-wing opinions, is "an overreaction".

Over the past week, the platform has removed US President Donald Trump "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", and later removed over 70,000 accounts "that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content".

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/01/twitter-s-suspension-of-new-zealand-based-right-wing-accounts-an-overreaction-simon-bridges.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

Months ahead of a deadline for US agencies to reveal everything they know about UFOs to Senators, the CIA's entire archive has apparently been uploaded to the internet for everyone to see.

Millions of pages of documents have appeared on The Black Vault, a website dedicated to "exposing government secrets" by acquiring declassified documents and making them available to the public.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/01/millions-of-cia-documents-on-ufos-and-paranormal-activity-released-online.html
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Author: Jono Galuszka

When Walter Ngawati Toby​ was interupted doing an indecent act in his car, his first response was to ask the witness to hop in.

Toby, 59, pleaded guilty in the Palmerston North District Court on Tuesday to doing an indecent act.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300203242/man-admits-indecent-act-in-car-before-offering-a-ride-to-the-woman-who-caught-him
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Author: Tom Hunt

New Zealand’s borders controls are getting even stricter, with arrivals from virtually all countries soon needing a negative Covid test before boarding a plane here.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins on Tuesday gave Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield new powers, which means he can now easily require negative tests for arrivals from all countries apart from Australia, some Pacific Island nations, and Antarctica.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/123924770/strict-new-border-rules-into-new-zealand-announced-as-covid-surges-globally
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Author: Rachel Sadler

A rumour New Zealand will enter lockdown on January 15 has been slammed as false by the All-of-Government COVID-19 Response Group after the untrue claims circulated on social media.

The rumours appeared to start spreading at the beginning of January. On Twitter, one person claimed the "NZ script" of what will happen is that the "mutant strain", presumably meaning the new United Kingdom and South Africa variant, will arrive on Aotearoa's shores and there will "be a quarantine breach". 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/coronavirus-new-zealand-not-entering-planned-lockdown-on-january-15-officials.html
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