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A British writer is under fire for a scathing review she wrote of Australia and New Zealand's COVID-19 border restrictions, comparing them to a "prison".
While our tight measures have largely been praised around the world for stamping out the virus, in an opinion piece for The Telegraph on Sunday, columnist Zoe Strimpel made the stunning claim Antipodeans were being held against their will in "total imprisonment".
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Read more: British writer under fire for scathing review of New Zealand's COVID-19 border measures
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The spy agency took two years to implement a major shift in how it targeted threats, but once it did, the rewards were almost immediate.
The Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) got 10 leads on right-wing extremists in the lead-up to the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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Read more: NZSIS counterterror focus on white supremacists found new targets quickly
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OPINION: Today is an important day for the world in recognising human rights abuses.
US President Joe Biden has officially recognised the Armenian Genocide on its 106th anniversary, damaging his country's relationship with Turkey, but honouring his pledge to bring decency back to the White House.
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Read more: It's time for Jacinda Ardern's Government to stop denying genocide
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A missing Indonesian submarine has been found, broken into at least three parts, at the bottom of the Bali Sea, army and navy officials said on Sunday, as the president sent condolences to relatives of the 53 crew.
Rescuers also found new objects, including a life vest, that they believe belong to those aboard the 44-year old KRI Nanggala-402, which lost contact on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill.
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Read more: Sunken missing Indonesian submarine found broken into pieces, 53 confirmed dead
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The Foreign Affairs Minister says New Zealand and China's significant economic ties mean Aotearoa must be "respectful" of the Asian superpower, even if there are areas of disagreement between the two nations.
Nanaia Mahuta's latest comments come as more overseas commentators accuse Wellington of cosying up to Beijing and undermining its standing within the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network.
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Read more: New Zealand must be 'respectful' of China, even if there are disagreements
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Currently, there's no set, nationwide speed limit when it comes to travelling around schools in New Zealand.
The limits vary from place to place causing confusion for drivers and safety concerns for parents.
But a new Government proposal could change that, with the aim to reduce speed limits around urban and rural schools.
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You also need to be doing more education about the traffic safety at the school with the kids and I mean more... drum it into them.
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Saturday marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day and pressure is mounting on the New Zealand Government to formally acknowledge the mass killings which began in 1915.
No New Zealand Government has ever officially recognised the genocide, over fears Turkey, which committed the atrocities, will ban Kiwis from visiting the Gallipoli battlefields.
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Read more: Pressure mounts on NZ govt to formally recognise Armenian genocide
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A Kiwi Uighur says the Government isn't doing enough to help families whose loved ones have disappeared into one of China's detention camps.
China has detained more than a million people in camps in the country's northwest, according to international estimates, in what it claims is for reduction and combating terorrism. Some Western nations, including Canada and the US, have labelled it a genocide. New Zealand is not yet amongst them.
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