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Author: Rachel Sadler

The Government is facing further backlash from the Opposition over its decision to sign off millions of dollars to a Mongrel Mob rehab programme while Mike King's Gumboot Friday is desperate for help.

Nearly $3 million in funding seized from gangs and criminals by police is being used to fund the Mongrel Mob's Kahukura drug and trauma rehabilitation scheme, Hawke's Bay Today newspaper revealed on Monday. The initiative is a live-in marae-based programme that aims to address trauma and drug-seeking behaviour.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/opposition-blasts-government-s-funding-for-mongrel-mob-s-rehab-scheme-but-not-mike-king-s-gumboot-friday.html
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Author: Reuters

China's military said it "drove away" a U.S. warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the Paracel Islands on Monday, the anniversary of an international court ruling that held Beijing had no claim over the South China Sea.

The Chinese comments resembled the usual reaction from Beijing following freedom of navigation operations by U.S. warships held almost every month in the South China Sea.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/07/china-claims-military-drove-away-us-warship-in-south-china-sea-waters.html
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Author: Harry Lock

Employers of 1800 border workers who must be vaccinated are being told they will have to tread carefully if staff refuse to have the COVID-19 vaccination.

A new government Health Order covers private sector staff in jobs seen as too high risk to be left unprotected.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/07/coronavirus-new-vaccination-rule-could-see-rise-in-employment-disputes-lawyer-says.html
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Aircrew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules have carried out a medical evacuation of a patient from McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

The aircraft, with 13 crew on board including two New Zealand Defence Force medical personnel, left Christchurch for Antarctica at 10.25pm yesterday. The aircraft landed back in Christchurch shortly after 2pm today.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/news/rnzaf-carries-out-medevac-from-antarctica/
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Author: Shannon Redstall

Kiwis are feeling a pinch at the pump as fuel prices reach heights not seen since before the pandemic.

Data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which measures the average cost of fuel across New Zealand's major cities every week, shows since 2015 the price of fuel has been trending upwards.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/07/new-zealanders-feel-pinch-at-pump-as-fuel-prices-reach-heights-not-seen-since-before-pandemic.html
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Author: Martyn Mclaughlin

It is perhaps a sign of how dire the prospects are for Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals that the hoary old idea of the nation taking its place in a so-called Canzuk union is once again being dusted down and run up the flagpole.

Since the EU referendum, the prospect of a new global superpower alliance - composed of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - has been talked up by a small but committed band of supporters.

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Article: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/motivations-behind-anglosphere-fantasies-are-worth-questioning-2939044
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Author: James Skinner

With the Australia-UK trade deal completed in principle, the New Zealand-UK trade deal close behind and Canada facing an impending national election, the roadmap to CANZUK can seem difficult to navigate. We lay out the expected route for CANZUK and what the future holds for the campaign in the months and years ahead.

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Article: https://www.canzukinternational.com/2021/07/the-roadmap-to-canzuk-whats-to-come.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

Louisa Wall says the Prime Minister should have been aware her views on China were going to make headlines, since they were recorded in an interview six months ago. 

The Labour MP made headlines earlier this week when she accused the one-party state - which happens to be our biggest trading partner - of a range of abuses over and above the alleged genocide of the Uighur people in Xinjiang.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/louisa-wall-doubles-down-on-china-organ-harvesting-comments.html
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