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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Defence Force has issued a request for information on design and build solutions for an eventual ice-strengthened offshore patrol vessel that the Royal New Zealand Navy would operate in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic’s Ross Sea for at least four months per year.
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Read more: New Zealand is seeking industry info to build Antarctic patrol vessel
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/05/13/new-zealand-is-seeking-industry-info-to-build-antarctic-patrol-vessel/
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A Kiwi group that's made headlines for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines has denied it's planning to launch a multi-level marketing business.
But an expert in social media influencers and conspiracy theories says they'd be stupid not to cash in.
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The Serious Fraud Office has charged six people in relation to a donation made to the Labour Party.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday the defendants are entitled to seek name suppression therefore haven't been named until any name suppression issues have been resolved.
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Read more: Serious Fraud Office charges six people over Labour Party donation
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/serious-fraud-office-charges-six-people-over-labour-party-donation.html
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Fish and Game says it is disappointed to hear about the dumping of duck carcasses in a rest area in Otago, but insists the sport should not be banned.
Animal rights group SAFE said it was contacted on Thursday after a member of the public found 15 to 20 dead birds near Long Beach.
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Read more: 'Illegal dumping' of bird carcasses in Otago renews calls for duck shooting ban
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2021/05/illegal-dumping-of-bird-carcasses-in-otago-renews-calls-for-duck-shooting-ban.html
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A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World Health Organization review panel said on Wednesday.
The experts found crucial shortcomings in the global response in early 2020 - including a delay in declaring an emergency, a failure to impose travel restrictions and an entire "lost month" when countries neglected to respond to warnings - that let the virus quickly spread into a crippling pandemic.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/05/premier-league-all-whites-striker-chris-wood-scores-as-burnley-ease-clear-of-relegation.html
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The latest blow up over race relations in Parliament has raised the question - are MPs allowed to call each racist in the House?
The short answer is 'no', says Speaker Trevor Mallard.
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Read more: Policies can be called racist but not MPs, Speaker rules
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ACT says New Zealand would save $11.2 billion if it was in power, proposing an alternative Budget that would see tax rates cut, minimum wage increases paused and the Zero Carbon Act repealed.
The Government will announce its "Recovery Budget" next Thursday where money is likely to be prioritised on child poverty, housing, and climate change.
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New Zealand is co-sponsoring a United Nations (UN) event on the human rights situation in Xinjiang; an event China has lashed out against, labelling it a "shameful travesty".
A number of UN member states and non-government organisations are on Thursday (NZT) attending a virtual conference planned by Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss the treatment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, China.
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