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Author: Debbie Jamieson

Visitor hotspots around New Zealand should not be expecting to replicate Queenstown's visitor levy if it proceeds, Phil Twyford says.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/115772574/queenstown-bed-tax-proposal-will-not-be-replicated
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Author: Nita Blake

More than $126,000 has been spent on one person's motel stay while they waited for public housing to become available.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/115797901/homeless-moved-from-cars-to-motels-its-just-shifted-the-problem
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Author: Robert Ayson

As I read Jim Rolfe’s thoughtful response to my post on the future of New Zealand’s frigates, one line really stood out. “The primary purpose of the warships is to be able to go into dangerous situations and defeat or deter enemies at sea.”

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Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/frigates-after-2030-im-still-uncertain
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Author: Lance Beath
Professor Robert Ayson is right to be uncertain about the likely shape of the future surface combatant force once HMNZS Te Kaha and Te Mana are withdrawn from service in the first half of the 2030s. But the reasons for uncertainty are a good deal more complex than Rob’s piece argues.
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Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/focus-on-the-future-dont-fixate-on-frigates
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A passenger has died on an Air New Zealand flight that landed at Auckland International Airport.

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Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/162071-passenger-dies-on-air-new-zealand-flight.html
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Author: Sam Kilmister

A driver who caused a fatal crash after peeling the pink sticker from his unwarranted vehicle is yet to apologise to his victims and their families. 

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115753135/driver-peels-pink-sticker-from-unwarranted-car-kills-one-person-and-injures-three-others-in-crash
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Author: Mike Hosking

"In the last 48 hours I have read incredibly distressing reports of an alleged sexual assault involving members of the Labour Party."

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/video/mike-hosking-pm-jacinda-ardern-is-donkey-deep-in-sex-scandal-botch-up/
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Author: Mike Hosking

The trouble with explaining, especially in politics, is it often leads to more questions.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/video/mikes-minute-arderns-sex-scandal-explanations-not-good-enough/
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  1. Frigates for Venus
  2. NZ gun law reforms: Firearms register finally here
  3. Government introduces second set of laws aimed at cracking down on guns
  4. Government allocates $8.7 million to help those impacted by Christchurch terrorist attack

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