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This week's Budget has more than just financial accounts. International analyst Geoffrey Miller delves into what the allocations say about the direction of foreign policy under the new ministers.
OPINION: There are some new clues to be found in the Budget that illustrate the foreign affairs and trade agenda of the Labour Government, under new ministers Nanaia Mahuta and Damien O'Connor.
The headline item and only new spending for Vote Foreign Affairs was a $344m appropriation to redevelop Scott Base in Antarctica.
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Read more: Foreign affairs funding largely on ice in Budget 2021 as new priorities emerge
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/opinion-foreign-affairs-funding-largely-on-ice-in-budget-2021-as-new-priorities-emerge.html
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Milk company Synlait is distancing itself from an employee being described as a "white supremacist" in a petition calling for his sacking.
Lee Williams is a podcaster and YouTuber who regularly uploads far-right material, and was reportedly visited by police in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/synlait-deeply-concerned-after-petition-launched-to-have-alleged-white-supremacist-s-contract-reviewed.html
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Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking is threatening to move to Australia if New Zealand doesn't reject the Government's "left-leaning progressive thinking", garnering mixed reactions on social media.
Hosking called the Government an "ideological outlier" in a column for the NZ Herald on Thursday morning, ahead of Finance Minister Grant Robertson's Budget announcement at 2pm.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/new-zealanders-react-to-mike-hosking-s-threat-to-move-to-australia-over-government-s-left-leaning-progressive-thinking.html
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Scientists are closely monitoring several marine heatwaves in New Zealand's oceans - and they predict more could develop in the next week.
Patches of the ocean around North Island's East Coast are already experiencing heatwaves, and those near Canterbury and Otago could be next in line.
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Read more: Scientists closely monitoring marine heatwave in New Zealand oceans
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There's doubt there will be many major announcements in the Budget on Thursday due to the Government's level of debt.
The latest update from Treasury shows it has more than $105 billion of debt - up almost 20 percent on February last year.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/budget-2021-doubt-there-will-be-any-major-announcements-as-government-manages-105-billion-of-debt.html
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Can’t beat Wellington on a good day 
HMNZS Aotearoa sailed into Te Whanganui–a-Tara this morning on her maiden voyage to the Capital for a week of official engagements.
The 26,000 tonne vessel, Aotearoa, is the newest in our fleet and, at 173 metres in length, the largest-ever to have flown our Navy’s White Ensign.
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Read more: Royal New Zealand Navy: HMNZS Aotearoa arriving into Wellington
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The Ministry of Defence is testing the waters with the military maritime industry over a new ship to patrol the vast icy expanse between New Zealand and Antarctica.
The project is in its early stages, but planning documents indicate the ice-strengthened ship would cost between $300m and $600m.
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Read more: Defence Force launches new Southern Ocean patrol vessel project, price tag $300m+
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300310572/defence-force-launches-new-southern-ocean-patrol-vessel-project-price-tag-300m
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The Royal Family is allegedly "distressed and angry" following Prince Harry's "hurtful" comments about royal life, in which he compared his role in the monarchy to "living in a zoo".
Royal expert Katie Nicholl spoke to ET about the fallout from Harry's appearance on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, in which he revealed he'd been wanting to leave the royal family since his early 20s.
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