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Author: Newshub

The local popularity of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has nearly concluded, according to a writer for the UK's Telegraph.

Wellington-based writer David Cohen has penned a column for the newspaper published on Friday, titled: In New Zealand, our love affair with Jacinda Ardern is coming to an end.

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Author: RNZ

The police have quietly lowered the threshold at which speed cameras ping drivers.

The result is tens of thousands more tickets handed out for drivers doing between one and 11 kph over the speed limit.

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The first of four maritime patrol aircraft has touched down in New Zealand, just four years after the government secured approval for the acquisition from the United States.  

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Author: wwwscramble.nl

On 7 December 2022, in a ceremony at the Museum of Flight in Seattle (WA), Boeing Defense officially handed over the first P-8A Poseidon to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

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Navy vessels from Australia and New Zealand will be exempt from a temporary ban on foreign ships entering the ports of the Solomon Islands, the Pacific Island nation's Prime Minister has told his own parliament.

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Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/solomon-islands-says-australia-nz-exempt-from-navy-ship-ban/101407122
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Three of New Zealand's nine naval ships are sitting idle as personnel leave the defence force for industries with rising wages, despite tensions in the Pacific.  

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Author: Reuters

Russian forces killed at least 441 civilians in the early days of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the UN human rights office said on Wednesday, documenting attacks in dozens of towns and summary executions that it said might be war crimes.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but he saw "no sense" in mobilising additional soldiers at this point.

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