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Author: Mike Mather

A Waikato housing developer has declared he will never again build homes for the state after a Hamilton home his firm constructed went up in flames.

John Kenel, the chief executive of Cambridge-based firm Assured Property, questioned why taxpayers are investing money to build quality homes for “people who are not contributing” and who “treat them like crap”.

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Author: Reuters

Brazilian researchers have identified the concerning new coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa in a woman who contracted COVID-19 for the second time, and said it was the first such case reported in the world.

There have been other cases of reinfection in Brazil and the South African variant had previous been detected, but reinfection with this mutation of the virus is believed to be a first, researchers said.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/01/coronavirus-south-african-variant-reinfects-recovered-covid-19-patient.html
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Author: Rosie Gordon

Despite COVID-19, Kiwi scientists are preparing to sail to Antarctica. 

It's one of a few expeditions to the continent since the outbreak of the pandemic - and they are taking a COVID-testing machine with them. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/kiwi-scientists-to-sail-to-antarctica-with-covid-19-testing-machine.html
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Author: China Uncensored

Jack Ma missing?! Mass arrests in Hong Kong target pro-democracy activists and even an American citizen. It happened on January 6, the same day as the US Capitol descended into chaos as protesters broke into the Capitol Building. And the Chinese Communist Party is using it as a propaganda field day to criticize Democracy.

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Author: Dan Satherley

A doctor who appears in a viral social media post claiming doctors have found the COVID-19 vaccine works best for men if it's injected directly into the penis has labelled it a "work of mischief". 

The post, which has been circulating on Facebook since the new year, is clearly fake - but it's fooled many people, including some here in New Zealand, where it's been spread by pages set up by supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2021/01/coronavirus-doctors-urge-men-not-to-inject-covid-19-vaccine-into-their-penis.html
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Hong Kong police arrested 53 opposition activists and former legislators Wednesday morning, accusing them of "subverting state power." The arrested leaders had been involved in organizing or attending a democratic primary last July, ahead of the fall Legislative Council elections. (Though the full elections were eventually postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 600,000 people voted in the primary.)

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Article: https://reason.com/2021/01/06/beijings-crackdown-53-dissidents-arrested-in-hong-kong/
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Author: Shipyard, Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

Prototyping is underway at the Osborne shipyard in Adelaide in preparation for work to start on Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigates.

The Australian Department of Defence Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG)’s first assistant secretary ships Sheryl Lutz said five prototype blocks would be built in the prototyping phase to test the shipyard’s production systems, develop the facilities and ensure the workforce was trained and ready to build the Hunter-class frigates.

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Article: https://defpost.com/preparation-underway-to-build-royal-australian-navys-new-hunter-class-frigates/
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Author: Dan Satherley

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has been accused of spreading a "disgusting centuries-old anti-Semitic trope" after sharing a social media post accusing Israeli authorities of "medical apartheid" in the fight against COVID-19.

Earlier this week activist group Jewish Voice For Peace shared an edited screenshot of a New York Times article. It originally read, 'How Israel Became a World Leader in Vaccinating Against COVID-19', but the group "fixed it for them" by crossing out 'Vaccinating Against COVID-19' and replacing it with 'MEDICAL APARTHEID' in bright red letters.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/01/green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-accused-of-anti-semitism-over-instagram-post.html
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  1. Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer
  2. Four new coronavirus cases in managed isolation, two UK variant infections
  3. Level 4 lockdown probably needed if UK COVID strain gets past the border
  4. Billy Te Kahika Jr’s New Zealand Public Party labelled a 'cult' by ex-party director

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