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Author: Wellington higher courts reporter

A Defence Force member traumatised on top secret operations should not be kicked out of the force for indecently assaulting two women, his lawyer says.

Corporal Benjamin Stewart​, 40, now has post-traumatic stress disorder due to his service and treatment would likely have to come from mental health professionals with top secret clearance speaking to him in a secure environment, lawyer Michael Bott​ told a Court Martial Appeal Court hearing in Wellington on Monday.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/124687402/defence-force-member-was-harmed-on-topsecret-ops-lawyer-says
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Well I don't think I believe this so much... Captains table never accepted the defence of "I was pissed at the time." And being on a secret mission is just BS, and I would only believe secret if he was SAS and if he was SAS I doubt that he would have assaulted them... So I call BS. 

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Author: Amelia Wade

The whistleblower who discovered people's private data could be seen on the Canterbury District Health Board's COVID-19 vaccination booking system says the breach is worse than the Government's letting on.

The Ministry of Health admitted on Saturday more than 700 people's details could have been viewed, including their name, gender, age, and NHI number. But the whistleblower, named Bryce, claims vaccine details could also be messed around with.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/coronavirus-canterbury-dhb-vaccine-data-breach-worse-than-government-s-letting-on-whistleblower.html
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Author: Jonathan Saxty

Canada and the UK are set to announce an enhanced multi-billion-dollar trade deal. Speaking at a Conservative Friends of Australia Zoom event, UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss announced the news. In addition, Ms. Truss said, negotiations are ongoing between New Zealand and the UK, while a “deep trading relationship” is being discussed between Australia and Britain.

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Article: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/saxty-canzuk-is-an-idea-whose-moment-has-arrived
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Author: NZDF
The remaining New Zealand Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan have returned home, having lowered the flag on the NZDF’s 20-year deployment to the country.
 

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Author: RNZ

There is evidence of European-produced potato fries being 'dumped' in the New Zealand market at a loss, says a New Zealand industry body, who warns the 'bad faith' practice threatens local businesses and must be stopped.

COVID-19 lockdowns and less people eating out have slowed demand for hot potato chips in European restaurants, and left their suppliers with a glut on their hands.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2021/03/potato-industry-says-it-has-evidence-of-hot-chip-dumping-in-nz.html
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Author: Poppy Wood

The UK is set to announce an enhanced trade deal with Canada, the trade secretary has said, after the two nations ratified a post-Brexit agreement last week.

Speaking at a Conservative Friends of Australia event on Zoom this evening, Liz Truss said the UK was working “very closely” with “like-minded partners” to tackle issues such as China as part of ongoing trade discussions.

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Article: https://www.cityam.com/uk-to-announce-enhanced-trade-deal-with-canada/
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For CANZUK to advance beyond a free trade and free movement cooperation thought in other areas to those two areas will be needed. One key area in which there is scope for significant advantage to CANZUK integration is foreign policy. However, it comes with three key balances between competing aims that will need to be resolved for any such suggestions of foreign policy unity to work, those being: the need to balance the benefits of acting in unity with the independence of each kingdom; the benefits of deploying force compared to getting stuck in unwinnable situations that cannot be withdrawn from; and the desire to undermine the power of tyrannies in the United Nations whilst keeping a rules-based international order.

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Article: https://www.dailyglobe.co.uk/comment/canzuk-foreign-policy-tensions/
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Newly released details of proposed bed numbers in the new Dunedin Hospital suggest it could have 91 more beds than the current facility.

The numbers, released by Health Minister Andrew Little in response to written questions by National Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse, showed the proposed hospital would have 474 beds, compared with the 383 available at the hospital now.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/new-hospital-will-have-more-beds-figures
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