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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is holding her weekly post-Cabinet press conference at the Beehive in Wellington. 

The Prime Minister is expected to announce how the Government plans to help ease the financial pressure at the petrol pump, amid warnings that unleaded petrol could hit $4 per litre. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/livestream-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-announces-post-cabinet-plan-to-ease-financial-pain-at-the-petrol-pump.html
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Author: Andrea Shalal and Michael Martina

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, warned Beijing that it would "absolutely" face consequences if it helped Moscow evade sweeping sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

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Article: U.S. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks to the news media about the situation in Ukraine during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2022
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Author: news.com.au

President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is destroying Russia's future and the country's people know it. 

Putin can't win. 

He may take Kyiv. He may occupy Ukraine. But his credibility is shot, his economy is in tatters, and he may want to take as many down with him as possible. 

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-destroying-russia-why-putin-cant-win/
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Russian missiles hit a large Ukrainian base near the border with NATO member Poland on Sunday (local time), killing 35 people and wounding 134 a local official said, in an escalation of the war to the west of the country as intense fighting was reported elsewhere.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-says-russia-strikes-large-military-base-near-polish-border-killing-35-people.html
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Author: Nighthawk

The decommission Inshore Patrol Vessels HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki have been sold to Ireland naval services for around 26 million Euro. ($40 million NZD)

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Author: Jared McCulloch

For nearly a decade, Stewart Island/Rakiura has benefited from a visitor levy scheme to keep tourism infrastructure in tip-top shape.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/13/stewart-island-tourism-operators-furious-at-council-plans/
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

The Government is proposing a new recycling and waste management scheme that would give New Zealanders 20c every time they recycle a plastic bottle.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/12/back-to-the-future-govt-proposing-buy-back-bottle-scheme/
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Author: Lisette Reymer

Dramatic new pictures of Russian tanks apparently firing into a residential block of flats in Mariupol have provoked worldwide condemnation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of using terrorist techniques after claiming the mayor of a town under Russian control was kidnapped. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-russia-war-worldwide-condemnation-after-russian-tanks-apparently-fire-into-residential-block-of-flats.html
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