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New Zealand authorities say the country will be a safer place after gun owners handed in more than 50,000 firearms during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons, but critics of the scheme say the amount collected has been woefully low.
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Read more: New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns as buyback scheme ends, but some say it is not enough
- Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-21/new-zealand-gun-buyback-ends-with-50000-firearms-handed-in/11821402
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The Privacy Commissioner is to conduct an inquiry into Trade Me's recent update to its privacy policy.
The update that came into effect earlier this month, outlined that Trade Me may use some personal information of members in its marketing.
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Read more: Inquiry launched into Trade Me privacy changes
- Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/169640-inquiry-launched-into-trade-me-privacy-changes.html
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More than 56,000 banned firearms have been handed in under the Government's buyback scheme, and Opposition MPs have criticised it as a failure.
The official amnesty period for prosecution of owning banned firearms ends at midnight tonight, and there have been a number of events being held around the country for any last minute rush.
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Read more: Gun buyback numbers 'within the estimate'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/gun-buyback-numbers-within-the-estimate-nash.html
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Holidaymakers bound for Auckland, Waikato or the Bay of Plenty this festive season have a slow journey ahead, with passing lanes coned off in a bid to reduce a rising road toll.
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Read more: Passing lanes closed on SH2 to 'prevent crashes' this holiday period
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A Far North pensioner says he has been left out of pocket by the way New Zealand Superannuation interacts with foreign schemes.
People who qualify for a pension from another country are often required to offset that against their New Zealand pension so that the full amount they receive is the same as someone who had stayed in New Zealand their whole working life.
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Read more: Pension mix-up sees 80-year-old docked $80 a week
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118230669/pension-mixup-sees-80yearold-docked-80-a-week
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A Welsh town is gaining a much needed tourism boost from having the world's steepest street - but surveyor Toby Stoff is adamant the title should be returned to Dunedin's Baldwin St.
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Read more: urveyor says finding backs up his Baldwin St claim
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/118402229/worlds-steepest-street-surveyor-says-finding-backs-up-his-baldwin-st-claim
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A man who started flipping over books and magazines featuring Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's putting too much effort into her image, and not enough on the big issues affecting the country.
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Read more: #TurnArdern leader says they're getting death threats from 'lefties'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/12/turnardern-leader-says-they-re-getting-death-threats-from-lefties.html
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Dear Newsie Readers,
As announced, Newsie has now permanently ceased it's services as of Friday 20th December 2019.
Newsie has been an owner-funded operation since day one.
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Read more: Thanks, and Goodbye - Newsie is now CLOSED
- Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/169622-thanks-and-goodbye-newsie-is-now-closed.html
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