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Author: Olivia Wannan

By 2025, you won’t be able to hook up your house or building to the natural gas network, if the Government follows draft advice from the Climate Change Commission. Despite being just one of more than 100 recommendations, it caught a lot of attention. Mike Hosking called it “stupid”. Chef Martin Bosley​ said it would open “the most unbelievable can of worms” for cafes and restaurants.

The commission’s draft advice will be finalised in May, then the Government must decide whether it wants to adopt it.

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Author: TVNZ

Ten Chinese nationals are facing deportation after having worked unlawfully on an Auckland construction site, officials confirmed to 1 NEWS this evening.

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Author: Priscilla Dickinson

People who sell properties (excluding investment new builds and family homes) within ten years will be required to pay tax on gains they make.

Among a range of measures to curb property speculation and support first-home buyers, the Government announced on Tuesday it intends to double the bright-line test from five to ten years.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/03/bright-line-test-extension-example-of-how-much-tax-a-property-investor-could-pay.html
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Author: Kaysha Brownlie

Property investors say it could be renters who end up the big losers following the announcement of the Government's new housing package.

It was announced on Tuesday that the Government is cracking down on property investors to help first-home buyers get a foot in the door by assisting with deposits and expanding the property investment tax, as well as injecting billions to boost supply.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/03/renters-could-be-worse-off-following-government-s-new-housing-package-property-investors.html
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Author: NZDF
NZDF have issued a RFI for the disposal of the RNZAF P-3K2 Orion aircraft.

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Author: Nighthawk, Rocket Lab, RNZ, Newshubh

Lift-off of the 'They Go Up So Fast' rideshare mission 22:30​ UTC on March 22 2021 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1.

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Author: Reuters & Jamie Ensor

The United States, United Kingdom, Canada and European Union have all announced fresh sanctions again Chinese officials for human rights abuses in Xinjiang. It's prompted Beijing to respond in kind, blacklisting several Europeans. 

Unlike the United States, the EU has sought to avoid confrontation with Beijing, but a decision to impose the first significant sanctions since an EU arms embargo in 1989 has inflamed tensions.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/xinjiang-european-union-china-impose-tit-for-tat-sanctions-over-uighur-human-rights-abuses.html
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Author: Rachel Sadler

A managed isolation worker at Auckland's Grand Millenium Hotel has tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

They say the information available so far indicates the worker is asymptomatic and further investigation is being undertaken on Monday evening.

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  1. Police assess community sentiment ahead of protest over Rocket Lab launch
  2. Chilling warning as China-Philippines tension escalates in South China Sea over fishing vessels
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