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OPINION: New Zealand's foreign minister is ruffling feathers. International analyst Geoffrey Miller explores Nanaia Mahuta's orientation to her job, Beijing, and Belarus.
Nanaia Mahuta's comments on China in a Guardian interview this week brought a veiled rebuke from Beijing – and a new wave of international headlines. It was a fresh reminder that the foreign minister's words are being closely watched – and not just by China itself.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/opinion-new-zealand-foreign-affairs-minister-nanaia-mahuta-is-ruffling-feathers-as-her-words-are-closely-watched-internationally.html
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China’s Defence Ministry has labelled the Australian government’s warnings on the threat of war over Taiwan as irresponsible and accused it of inciting confrontation over the democratic island.
The comments from defence ministry spokesman and senior colonel Tan Kefei in Beijing on Thursday are the first official response from the Chinese military to a flurry of concerns from Australian leaders in April and May.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/300319899/provocative-actions-chinese-military-says-australia-is-inciting-a-confrontation-over-taiwan
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The New Zealand Defence Force's (NZDF) flagship aircraft used for VIP transport, peacekeeping and disaster relief aren't always available for use.
Chief of Airforce Andrew Clark says "anything can go wrong on an aeroplane at some stage".
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Read more: Defence Force Boeing 757 fleet unavailable for 156 days since 2019
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Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon says a recent YouTube video threatening violence against Māori is "extreme white supremacist" behaviour.
Foon told Newshub he wants "everything under the law [to] be thrown at these people or this person for inciting violence".
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It was dismissed as a conspiracy theory. But now the coronavirus lab leak theory—that the coronavirus accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is gaining traction. And there are some disturbing connections between US doctors, like Peter Daszak and Anthony Fauci, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and it's lead researcher Dr. Shi Zhengli.
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Read more: Wuhan Coronavirus Lab Leak No Longer a “Conspiracy Theory”
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Most Kiwis still don't think house prices are going to stop rising, despite everything the Government has been doing and warnings from the Reserve Bank interest rate hikes are looming.
"Stubborn resistance" is the phrase used in the latest ASB Housing Confidence survey, out on Friday, which shows overwhelming confidence remains in a market already at record highs.
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Read more: Most Kiwis still don't think house prices will stop rising
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It should be danger signs for New Zealand that Taiwan, a country that's only vaccinated 1 percent of its population, is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases, a leading medical expert says.
After months of safety and no community transmission of COVID-19, Taiwan is battling a surge of locally acquired infections - recording more than 600 cases and 11 deaths on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday passed a bill amending electoral laws that drastically reduces the public’s ability to vote and increases the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for the city.
The new law empowers the city’s national security department to check the backgrounds of potential candidates for public office and a sets up a new committee to ensure candidates are “patriotic.”
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Read more: Hong Kong changes electoral law, reduces direct public vote
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