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An Australian journalist has made a bizarre accusation the cost of living is hitting Kiwis so hard that people have resorted to eating snails and not using toilet paper. 

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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Dr Peter Greener

Opinion: With the release last week of the Defence Policy Review Terms of Reference, writes Dr Peter Greener, will we see a Defence White Paper or Capability Plan prior to the next election?

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/07/12/defence-policy-review-terms-of-reference/
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Category : Opinion
Author: RNZ

Specialists on statistics warn a proposed law change poses the threat of official data being corrupted by political meddling and unregulated sharing.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/20/proposed-law-change-risks-political-meddling-of-data-experts/
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Author: Christina Huang, Digital Reporter

More than half of this year’s Youth MPs walked out of the debating chamber in response to a fellow participant’s speech on gun rights at Youth Parliament on Wednesday.

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Author: Reuters

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday (local time) that Moscow's military "tasks" in Ukraine now went beyond the eastern Donbas region, in the clearest acknowledgment yet that it has expanded its war goals.

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Category: World
Category : News
Author: Reuters

China is asking the UN to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has faced severe criticism from civil society for being too soft on China during a May visit and has since said she will refrain from seeking a second term for personal reasons.

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Author: Shannon Redstall

New analysis has found the Chinese-owned platform TikTok is harvesting vast amounts of personal data from its users.

Some observers are worried the data is being used by the Chinese government to spread misinformation - while there are also concerns that users are spreading plenty of dangerous messages among themselves.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2022/07/the-dark-side-of-tiktok-dangerous-messaging-and-concerns-about-chinese-data-harvesting.html
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Category: Politics
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Author: Q and A

Foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta has sounded the alarm about debt levels in Pacific countries, amid geopolitical tensions and the unrest sweeping through Sri Lanka.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/17/nanaia-mahuta-sounds-alarm-on-pacific-debt/
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  3. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks after Pacific Islands Forum leaders' retreat
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