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Author: TVNZ

New Zealand Defence Force personnel and police departed for the Solomon Islands on Saturday following recent unrest and rioting in the capital of Honiara.

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Author: China Unsensored

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that Japan and the US must defend Taiwan if China tries to invade it as Japan moves to more formally recognize Taiwan as a country.

NBA player Enes Kanter is making headlines again, this time for his name change and his beef with LeBron James over China.

Hong Kong students are going to see a change to their curriculum that's more in line with China's worldview after China essentially took back Hong Kong in 2020.

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Author: Dan Satherley

Efforts to put together a global treaty on pandemic preparedness and response are taking too long, a group co-led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has concluded.

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response was set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) last year to assess the response to COVID-19, and find ways to prevent it from happening again. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/coronavirus-global-pandemic-treaty-taking-too-long-helen-clark-led-panel-says.html
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Author: Mitchell Alexander

The United States' brand new Ambassador to New Zealand is making encouraging noises that a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could finally happen.

Tom Udall is spending his first days in the job after being appointed by US President Joe Biden.

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Author: Alexa Cook

While Auckland is under red traffic light rules, most of the rest of the country is adjusting to life under the orange light.

For these areas it's business-as-usual for the vaccinated - with the addition of dancing - but those without a vaccine pass will face restrictions.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/protest-on-first-day-under-orange-light-but-most-embrace-covid-19-vaccine-passes.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

What doesn't kill you might actually make you weaker if it's COVID-19, a new study has found. 

Researchers in the US who tracked hundreds of patients for 12 months, and found those who'd been ill enough to require hospital care were more than twice as likely to die in the months after they recovered than those who never caught the virus. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/coronavirus-covid-19-can-kill-you-months-after-you-ve-recovered-study-suggests.html
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Author: Nighthawk

Rocketlab reveals more details on the design of it's Neutron medium lift rocket. Building on Rocket Lab’s proven experience developing the Electron launch vehicle, the advanced 8-ton payload class Neutron launch vehicle is designed to transform space access by delivering reliable and cost-effective launch services for satellite mega-constellations, deep space missions and human spaceflight.

We have all been waiting patiently with baited breath for the reveal and we weren't disappointed. Well Peter Beck did say the the example for the first renderings of Neutron back when he revealed that Rocket Lab were building a bigger rocket looks nothing like Neutron and he was right.

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Author: Jamie Ensor

An epidemiologist says it's possible Omicron could be a "blessing" rather than a disaster for the globe, pointing to reports it may lead to more mild symptoms than Delta.

Omicron is quickly popping up around the world despite a large number of countries enforcing travel restrictions on people coming from southern African nations where the coronavirus variant is running rampant.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/coronavirus-epidemiologist-explains-why-omicron-may-be-a-blessing-in-disguise.html
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  1. Tel Aviv ranked world's most expensive city, Auckland moves up to 27th
  2. Solomon Islands unrest: NZ sending defence, police forces to assist
  3. New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands
  4. NZDF, police being sent to Solomon Islands amid unrest

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