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A 'Robin Hood'-style policy, redistributing the big salaries of public service chief executives to lower paid workers, would be more effective than the Government-ordered pay freeze, according to a leading business academic.
The directive, which essentially means those in the public sector earning more than $60,000 will only get a pay rise in exceptional circumstances for the next three years, has infuriated some workers.
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Read more: Expert calls for top-paid bureaucrats' pay to be cut and given to the working poor
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/expert-calls-for-top-paid-bureaucrats-pay-to-be-cut-and-given-to-the-working-poor.html
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Staff and shoppers scrambled for safety from a stabbing frenzy in central Dunedin’s Countdown supermarket. Some were caught in the melee and some risked their lives to protect others. HAMISH McNEILLY and MARTIN VAN BEYNEN report.
By 2.30pm on May 10, a warm sunny Monday in Dunedin, the Countdown supermarket at 309 Cumberland St had already been open for eight hours.
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Read more: Shock, devastation as carnage unfolded at a Countdown supermarket
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/125116566/stabbing-in-dunedin-shock-devastation-as-carnage-unfolded-at-a-countdown-supermarket
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Rocket Lab, the private space company best known for launching small payloads into orbit, is poised to become the first private company to ever explore another planet. Founder Peter Beck shares his plans to put a probe into the atmosphere of the hottest planet in the solar system.
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Read more: The First Private Space Mission to Venus
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Defence Force has issued a request for information on design and build solutions for an eventual ice-strengthened offshore patrol vessel that the Royal New Zealand Navy would operate in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic’s Ross Sea for at least four months per year.
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Read more: New Zealand is seeking industry info to build Antarctic patrol vessel
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/05/13/new-zealand-is-seeking-industry-info-to-build-antarctic-patrol-vessel/
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A Kiwi group that's made headlines for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines has denied it's planning to launch a multi-level marketing business.
But an expert in social media influencers and conspiracy theories says they'd be stupid not to cash in.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/coronavirus-kiwi-covid-misinformation-group-voices-for-freedom-removes-page-promoting-essential-oils.html
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The Serious Fraud Office has charged six people in relation to a donation made to the Labour Party.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday the defendants are entitled to seek name suppression therefore haven't been named until any name suppression issues have been resolved.
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Read more: Serious Fraud Office charges six people over Labour Party donation
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/serious-fraud-office-charges-six-people-over-labour-party-donation.html
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Fish and Game says it is disappointed to hear about the dumping of duck carcasses in a rest area in Otago, but insists the sport should not be banned.
Animal rights group SAFE said it was contacted on Thursday after a member of the public found 15 to 20 dead birds near Long Beach.
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Read more: 'Illegal dumping' of bird carcasses in Otago renews calls for duck shooting ban
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2021/05/illegal-dumping-of-bird-carcasses-in-otago-renews-calls-for-duck-shooting-ban.html
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A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World Health Organization review panel said on Wednesday.
The experts found crucial shortcomings in the global response in early 2020 - including a delay in declaring an emergency, a failure to impose travel restrictions and an entire "lost month" when countries neglected to respond to warnings - that let the virus quickly spread into a crippling pandemic.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/05/premier-league-all-whites-striker-chris-wood-scores-as-burnley-ease-clear-of-relegation.html
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