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Author: Yvette McCullough

The ACT Party is accusing the Government of failing to keep New Zealanders safe, citing the number of gang members with gun licences increasing under its watch.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/act-questions-why-more-gang-members-getting-firearms-licences.html
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Author: Reuters

Facebook faced a worldwide backlash from publishers and politicians on Thursday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government over a law to require it to share revenue from news.

Facebook wiped out pages from Australian state governments and charities as well as from domestic and international news organisations, three days before the launch of a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme.

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Author: Jordan Bond

Nine days shy of a year since the country's first confirmed case, the first COVID-19 vaccine in New Zealand will be given on Friday.

The first people immunised will not be border workers or their families but vaccinators - the people with the important job of administering the shots.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/first-jab-of-pfizer-vaccine-to-be-administered-to-vaccinators-ahead-of-border-workers-rollout.html
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Author: Zane Small

Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi says New Zealand "wouldn't be impressed" if Facebook banned Kiwis from accessing news on its platform the way it has in Australia. 

"They haven't threatened anything like that here but we wouldn't be impressed and I don't think New Zealanders signed up to Facebook would be impressed if that was their behaviour here in New Zealand," Faafoi said on Thursday. 

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Author: Mark Quinlivan

Australians are outraged after Facebook blocked important public service pages as part of its unprecedented news ban from the platform.

The social media giant on Thursday blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the Government about paying for content.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/02/facebook-blocks-australian-domestic-violence-pages-weather-service-as-part-of-news-content-ban.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

Facebook will ban Australian news sites from its platform in an unprecedented move to avoid paying for local content.

In a direct response to the government's proposed media bargaining code, the social media giant announced it will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing both Australian and international news on the platform.

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Author: Royal New Zealand Navy
Haere rā HMNZS Aotearoa departs Devonport Naval Base to commence her deployment across the ditch to Australia.
COVID-19 conditions and health authority permissions dependent, Aotearoa will be using this opportunity to:
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Author: Tova O'Brien

There has been a major revelation about the use of the COVID Tracer app by the three original cases - none of them were scanning anywhere they went. 

This is extremely problematic. The COVID Tracer app is one of the most important tools we have in our arsenal to guard New Zealand against community spread of the coronavirus. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/three-original-community-cases-of-covid-19-in-auckland-weren-t-scanning-with-app.html
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