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Author: Thomas Manch

The Auditor-General has criticised the Minister of Finance and Treasury for “difficult to track” public spending, after the National Party raised concerns about the 2021 Budget.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126867424/auditorgeneral-criticises-governments-difficult-to-track-accounting-of-public-spending
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Author: Thomas Manch

The Government has appointed a diplomat as New Zealand’s special representative to Afghanistan, as small groups of evacuees continue to escape Taliban rule.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126845944/government-appoints-special-representative-for-afghanistan-as-more-evacuees-reach-new-zealand
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Author: Bevan Shields

French President Emmanuel Macron says Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to him over the cancellation of a mammoth submarine contract, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two leaders.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300443108/i-dont-think-i-know-french-president-macron-says-scott-morrison-lied-to-him
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Author: Thomas Manch

A senior Chinese diplomat has warned a New Zealand audience that Australia will not only acquire nuclear-powered submarines in the coming decades, but nuclear weapons.

And it was claimed Australia’s purchase of nuclear-powered submarines would mean “more nuclear arms race ... more nuclear tests, and nuclear pollution” in the Pacific.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126854210/us-and-uk-must-stop-chinese-diplomat-warns-new-zealand-audience-of-australias-nuclear-ambitions
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Typical China/CCP lies and scare mongering. Nuclear power vessels is totally different to nuclear weapons, and Australia are not after nuclear weapons. And they are trying put a wedge between Australia and New Zealand using our Anti Nuclear stance as a starting point.

Scott Morrison's visit Months ago where he says the typical fluffy dogs BS that "there are some far from here who would seek to divide us, but they will not succeed"

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Author: Reuters

The Philippines said on Monday it has asked Netflix Inc to remove episodes of spy drama Pine Gap because of a map showing Chinese claims to the South China Sea, the second country to do so after Vietnam.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2021/11/philippines-asks-netflix-to-remove-spy-drama-episodes-over-chinese-map.html
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Author: Joe Pinkstone

Getting a Pfizer booster jab five months after a second dose reduces a person’s risk of hospitalisation with Covid-19 by 93 per cent, according to new research in The Lancet.

The study from the Clalit Research Institute in Tel Aviv and Harvard University in the US is the first nationwide analysis of booster jab effectiveness and involved 1.5 million Israelis.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300442375/pfizer-booster-jab-reduces-risk-of-covid19-hospitalisation-by-93
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Author: William Hewett & Mitchell Alexander

The Government has announced a new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030.

The announcement comes on the eve of the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow - COP26 - where world leadings will meet to discuss issues surrounding climate change. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/government-sets-new-ndc-in-bid-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-50-percent-by-2030.html
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Author: Rachel Sadler

While New Zealand is dealing with its own COVID-19 Delta outbreak, a new variant has arrived on Australia's shores.

The Delta Plus variant was detected in a quarantine hotel in Sydney and officially reported on Saturday. The variant, which is an offshoot of Delta, is formally known as AY.4.2 and includes some new mutations affecting the spike protein which the virus uses to penetrate cells.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/10/explainer-what-is-the-delta-plus-covid-19-variant-that-s-now-in-australia.html
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  2. National Party calls for Royal Commission into COVID-19 Delta outbreak
  3. New Zealand reaches 75 pct fully vaccinated
  4. On How AUKUS Undermines Our No-nukes Cred

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