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Author: Reuters

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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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
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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Author: Reuters

Fighting raged near Kyiv on Saturday and heavy shelling in other areas threatened new attempts to evacuate trapped civilians as France said Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no readiness to end the war in Ukraine.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-france-says-putin-is-not-ready-to-end-ukraine-war-fighting-rages-near-kyiv.html
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Author: TVNZ

Every year it's a race against time for Hop farmers and brewers as they attempt to make beer only found in New Zealand.

Nestled away in Tasman, Hop Farm Brewery are running a complex operation.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/12/a-beer-produced-only-in-nz-has-flowers-as-the-main-ingredient/
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 I don't drink beer but would give it a try...

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Author: Virginia Fallon, Nadine Porter, Ellen O'Dwyer and Nathan Morton

Kiwis are being hit with a double whammy as the cost of living skyrockets amid the country’s Omicron outbreak.

Constant price hikes are more of a concern for some than coronavirus, and many are struggling to make ends meet.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/128038471/the-big-stretch-kiwis-more-worried-about-rising-prices-than-omicron-outbreak
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  4. Government to help families of NZ-based Ukrainians stranded in war-torn country

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