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Author: Martyn Mclaughlin

It is perhaps a sign of how dire the prospects are for Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals that the hoary old idea of the nation taking its place in a so-called Canzuk union is once again being dusted down and run up the flagpole.

Since the EU referendum, the prospect of a new global superpower alliance - composed of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - has been talked up by a small but committed band of supporters.

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Article: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/motivations-behind-anglosphere-fantasies-are-worth-questioning-2939044
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Author: James Skinner

With the Australia-UK trade deal completed in principle, the New Zealand-UK trade deal close behind and Canada facing an impending national election, the roadmap to CANZUK can seem difficult to navigate. We lay out the expected route for CANZUK and what the future holds for the campaign in the months and years ahead.

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Article: https://www.canzukinternational.com/2021/07/the-roadmap-to-canzuk-whats-to-come.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

Louisa Wall says the Prime Minister should have been aware her views on China were going to make headlines, since they were recorded in an interview six months ago. 

The Labour MP made headlines earlier this week when she accused the one-party state - which happens to be our biggest trading partner - of a range of abuses over and above the alleged genocide of the Uighur people in Xinjiang.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/louisa-wall-doubles-down-on-china-organ-harvesting-comments.html
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Author: Heather du Plessis-Allan

People calling for a raise in the pension age can take a hike, frankly. 

You always hear this from the same kind of people, don’t you? Soft-handed city dwellers who sit behind a desk all day for their jobs, who only ever break a sweat in a gym class. 

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/video/heather-du-plessis-allan-people-calling-for-raising-the-pension-age-can-take-a-hike
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 I am only 53 and I feel my body shutting down, brown and I am in a physical labour job... I am hoping I will make it to 65 let alone them raising it... bugger that and those that say we should come do my job for a couple of months and see how you feel.

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Author: Jane Patterson of RNZ
 

The $20 billion spend-up on defence is the latest COVID-19 casualty, with a range of options to scale it down now before the finance minister.

The major investment in a range of new military hardware and upgrade was announced by former Defence Minister and New Zealand First MP Ron Mark in 2019.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/06/covid-19-forced-govt-to-cut-back-defence-spending-peeni-henare.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

National's Chris Penk has gone on Australian television to say he's "embarrassed" for New Zealand that Defence Minister Peeni Henare weighed in on the removal of a controversial essay from an Army website.

The essay, titled 'Can the Army Afford to go Woke, Benign Social Progress or National Security Threat', was last week awarded a prize in the Chief of Army Writing competition and published on the Knowledge-Enabled Army (KEA) website.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/national-s-chris-penk-tells-australian-tv-show-he-s-embarrassed-for-new-zealand-after-defence-essay-controversy.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

A policeman is in hospital after being shot Friday night during a routine traffic stop in Hamilton.

Two people have been arrested in relation to the incident, which happened just before midnight on Bankwood Rd, Chartwell. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/07/gunman-on-the-run-after-shooting-police-officer-in-hamilton.html
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Author: Reuters

Pfizer plans to ask US regulators to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk of reinfection six months after inoculation and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

Pfizer chief scientific officer Mikael Dolsten said the recently reported dip in the vaccine's effectiveness in Israel was mostly due to infections in people who had been vaccinated in January or February. The country's health ministry said vaccine effectiveness in preventing both infection and symptomatic disease fell to 64 percent in June.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/07/covid-19-pfizer-reveals-immunity-waning-from-vaccine-developing-new-booster.html
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  2. Treasury's 'professional judgement' to predict house prices shocks Green, National and ACT MPs
  3. Peeni Henare 'had no involvement' in removing controversial Defence Force essay
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