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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and Thales Australia’s Australian Munitions (AM) business have signed an agreement to continue the supply of Small Arms Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance to the NZDF to 2037.

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Article: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/thales-australia-to-supply-nz-munitions
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An experiment approved by the Lincoln University animal ethics committee saw the collection of 10 dogs from a Christchurch animal shelter that were then fed concentrated doses of poison before being euthanaised. An application from an external organisation was approved for the experiment by Lincoln University in 2010, for "trials assessing the effects of sodium nitrate during its development as a humane alternative to 1080".

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/christchurch-pound-pups-intentionally-poisoned-in-1080-alternative-experiment
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Author: Gavin Evans

Pioneering engineering business Windflow Technology is to be liquidated after running out of time and money to develop new markets for its two-bladed wind turbines.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/business/wind-turbine-business-windflow-technology-runs-out-of-time-money/
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Author: Jenny Ruth

The New Zealand dollar rose heading into Christmas as it continued to be buoyed by the imminent signing of a preliminary trade deal between the US and China.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12296480
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Author: Jacob Mcsweeny

The president of an Otago landlords group says a National Party MP’s claim the region’s rents have risen at almost twice the national average rate is fraught because it compares the wrong dates.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/mp-doesnt-know-dunedin-market-landlord-hits-back-rent-rise-claim
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A leading academic has criticised the Race Relations Commissioner for defending the use of Dutch Christmas character Black Pete.

Donning black face paint with an afro wig and colourful medieval attire, Black Pete is a Dutch Christmas tradition spanning back more than a century.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/black-pete-controversy-race-relations-commissioner-slammed-for-defending-use-of-blackface.html
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Author: Anuja Nadkarni

The boss of a Reporoa holiday park who employed bonded labour and was ordered to pay a record $680,350 in penalties says she will not return the workers' money.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118400906/nightmare-holiday-park-owner-refuses-to-pay-back-full-bond-to-workers
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A controversial New Zealand newspaper cartoon has been labelled hurtful, discriminatory and racist by the country's media council.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/otago-daily-times-samoan-measles-cartoon-labelled-hurtful-racist-by-media-council/
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  1. Wind turbine maker Windflow Technology put into liquidation
  2. National proposes axing fuel taxes, increasing funding for transport if it wins in 2020
  3. Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon defends Christchurch festival's use of blackface character
  4. New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns as buyback scheme ends, but some say it is not enough

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