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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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Author: Dan Satherley

The average house price in New Zealand will hit $1 million before year's end, if recent trends continue.

The latest Quotable Value figures, out Monday, show the average value nationwide is now $913,209 - up 8.9 percent in just three months. At that rate, the $1 million mark will be reached by September. 

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Author: Josephine Franks and Hannah Martin

Debris from an out-of-control Chinese rocket has broken through Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.

The Chinese National Space Agency confirmed the Long March 5B rocket re-entered over the Indian Ocean at 02.24 UTC (2.24pm New Zealand time) on Sunday, southwest of Sri Lanka.

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Author: Reuters

Remnants of China's largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere on Sunday.

On Friday, China's foreign ministry said most debris from the rocket will burn on re-entry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm after the US military said what it called an uncontrolled re-entry was being tracked by United States Space Command.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/05/long-march-5b-out-of-control-chinese-rocket-expected-to-plunge-back-through-the-atmosphere-on-sunday.html
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Author: China Uncensored

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a fan of cursing. And China's encroachment on the South China Sea, or the West Philippine Sea, is causing some issues with the Philippines. And a major EU China investment deal may be in trouble. That and more on this week's China news headlines.

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Author: RNZ

The White House has announced that the US will join the Christchurch Call to Action to try and eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.

The Christchurch Call to Action was initiated by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Paris almost two years ago and co-chaired with French President Emmanuel Macron following the 15 March terror attacks in Christchurch.

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Author: Dan Satherley & Emma Stanford

One of the country's biggest unions says new proposed rules around 'fair pay' will be good for businesses by putting more money in the back pocket of locals.

But the retail industry isn't so sure, saying the changes will drive up costs. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/retail-industry-not-happy-with-fair-pay-proposal-union-says-they-ll-come-around.html
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  3. EMPLOYMENT Fair Pay Agreement plans to give working Kiwis a fair go
  4. Former US Ambassador to NZ Scott Brown 'pretty disgusted' by politics, not sure if he'd back Trump again

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