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Author: ANNA WHYTE

 

National is refusing to take down social media videos of the Government despite orders from Speaker Trevor Mallard, with Simon Bridges saying it was a move in the "interests of freedom of expression and against censorship".

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/national-refuses-follow-speakers-order-remove-videos-social-media-in-interests-freedom-expression
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Category: Defence
Author: Laine Moger

A noise complaint about the late-night testing of aircraft engines at Whenuapai Air Force Base could jeopardise Air Force operations, Defence Minister Ron Mark says.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116150250/whenuapai-airbase-environment-court-upholds-noise-complaint
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Category: Defence
Author: Boris Jancic

A property developer has won a noise complaint case against the country's largest military airbase, prompting the Defence Minister to declare that urban sprawl may now be a "threat to our national security".

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12271423
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Category: News
Author: James Flynn

I recently completed a book defending free speech. Emerald Press scheduled it for publication but then decided not to proceed. Here’s what it said about the book in Emerald’s September 2019 catalogue:

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Article: https://quillette.com/2019/09/24/my-book-defending-free-speech-has-been-banned/?fbclid=IwAR1veXvcTm7gb8JR93VpPv9LjDensPww-dIAk5JCLNoTAAmX7iKymXAsBAc
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Category: News
Author: DAVID WILLIAMS

University of Canterbury’s proctor has disciplined law students over a tasteless show that bullied a disabled student. David Williams reports.

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Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/27/831161/students-punished-for-offensive-law-revue#
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Category: News
Author: Renee Manella

OPINION: Last Monday, when media asked Winston Peters about changing welfare to really help people rather than leave them below the poverty line, his answer was vague but offered hope: "Not yet... but we will".

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/116122931/mothers-kept-single-by-government-rules-about-relationships-for-beneficiaries
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Category: News
Author: Bonnie Flaws

Countdown won't sell fireworks this Guy Fawkes Day, a move the supermarket chain says is due to a change in public sentiment.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/116123847/countdown-takes-fireworks-off-the-shelf-as-public-mood-swings-in-favour-of-animal-welfare
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Author: Reuters

A Portuguese court jailed a British pensioner couple for eight years on Thursday for smuggling nine kilos of cocaine into Europe in their luggage on a luxury cruise from the Caribbean.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/elderly-couple-jailed-in-portugal-after-cocaine-smuggling.html
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