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Author: Kristin Edge

Sending or reading a text message on a mobile phone takes a driver's eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds. Travelling at 90km/h that's like driving the length of a rugby field blindfolded.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12271266
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Author: ALAN KENYON

Simon Bridges says the Government isn't taking a free movement deal with the UK seriously and New Zealand is in danger of falling behind Australia over the issue.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/simon-bridges-says-govt-isnt-taking-free-movement-deal-uk-seriously-nz-risks-falling-behind-australia
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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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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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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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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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