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Author: Heather McCarron

Around one in four people summonsed for jury service manage to avoid it, according to figures released to Newshub under the Official Information Act.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/one-in-four-people-getting-out-of-jury-service.html
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Author: Katie Fitzgerald & Heather McCarron

Gun law changes won't make the public safer, the National Party says, as the Government continues to reform firearms legislation in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/09/second-tranche-of-gun-law-changes-won-t-make-public-safer-national.html
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The number of New Zealanders with 'no religion' has officially surpassed the number of people who identify as Christian in New Zealand, with a secular advocacy group calling for fewer concessions to be given to Christians.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/no-religion-officially-overtakes-christianity-in-new-zealand-census-stats?fbclid=IwAR3snGHSs8CF3up7MOPaY7IzbllodrJ7BY5iHdkME-GISjDYGiezZRp0Lc4
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Author: Reuters

RNZ joins more than 250 media organisations from around the world in the Covering Climate Now (CCN) initiative by committing to heighten climate coverage in the week leading up to the UN Climate Action Summit on 23 September 2019.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/399261/climate-change-protests-spread-on-global-day-of-action
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Author: Blair Jackson

Katie Robertson was on her way to meet her fellow bridesmaids in Invercargill but she never made it.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/112778975/family-grieves-the-loss-of-their-daughter-killed-in-a-car-accident
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Author: Jamie Ensor

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, but you wouldn't know it from watching a new video released on Trump's Twitter account.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/09/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-snubbed-from-donald-trump-twitter-video.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

Police have issued a warning to gun owners who have yet to hand in their banned firearms.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/police-warn-time-is-running-out-thousands-of-prohibited-firearms-yet-to-be-handed-in.html
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A police officer in the Gisborne region who told a drunk man to drive to a police station has been pinged by the Independent Police Conduct Authority.

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Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/162941-police-officer-told-drunk-man-to-drive-to-station.html
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