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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has distanced herself from Labour MP Louisa Wall's accusation that China is harvesting organs from political prisoners. 

Wall, who is part of a global Inter-​Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) which monitors the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), told RNZ the Government needs to do more to counter what she described as slave labour in China. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/jacinda-ardern-distances-herself-from-labour-mp-louisa-wall-who-accused-china-of-harvesting-organs.html
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Author: Guyon Espiner

Labour MP Louisa Wall has accused China of harvesting organs from political prisoners among the Uyghur and Falun Gong populations.

The MP, who is part of a global network of politicians monitoring the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), also says her own government needs to do more to counter what she calls the slave labour trade in China.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/labour-mp-louisa-wall-accuses-china-of-harvesting-organs-from-political-prisoners.html
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Author: Hannah Kronast

A political commentator is urging the international community to get involved and for a politician to be dragged out of office as a new development emerges in Samoa's battle for power.

Political commentator Mata'afa Keni Lesa spoke to The AM Show on Monday almost two months after FAST Party broke a month-long deadlock from the April election to claim a majority of seats in Parliament.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/07/samoa-political-commentator-calls-for-international-intervention-as-head-of-state-claims-to-be-above-the-law.html
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Author: Stuff News

New Zealand's largest shipment of Pfizer vaccines has arrived two days ahead of schedule, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has announced.

The shipment of 150,000 doses touched down late on Sunday afternoon.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300349337/covid19-new-zealands-largest-pfizer-vaccine-shipment-of-150000-doses-has-been-delivered
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Author: Mark Quinlivan

Mike King says the Ministry of Health (MoH) has rejected funding pleas for Gumboot Friday funding to provide free counselling for young people.

In an Instagram post on Thursday morning King, a prominent mental health campaigner who founded Gumboot Friday, said he'd received a letter saying the MoH "wasn't in a position" to fund the service.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/07/truly-sad-day-mike-king-says-ministry-of-health-has-rejected-gumboot-friday-funding-pleas.html
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Author: Michelle Duff

Two decades since paid parental leave was introduced, just over 1 per cent is taken by men – yet fathers say they want to spend at least three months at home with their babies. What’s standing in the way, and is dedicated dad leave the answer? Michelle Duff reports.

In the trenches. A shock to the system. Just trying to survive. Peter Theiler’s ​description of the first few months with a newborn uses the language of a battlefield, or a life-threatening emergency.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300348034/the-dad-trap-the-parental-leave-system-that-shuts-out-men
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Author: Amy Ridout

Police are investigating a family’s claims that their father had more than $500,000 siphoned from his accounts by a woman he met and moved in with. For 18 months Amy Ridout has investigated the plight of Athol Brown who was once a wealthy man, but now lives off the pension.

In March, Katie Brown climbed over a fence and rescued her father.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300348252/she-cleaned-him-out-family-seek-answers-after-92yearold-left-with-nothing
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Author: Caroline Williams

A Navy sailor sexually violated and indecently assaulted his colleagues while on duty in Canada, a court martial jury has concluded.

The 27-year-old sailor, who has interim name suppression, denied the offences at the hearing held at Devonport Naval Base on Auckland’s North Shore this week.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300346792/navy-sailor-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-colleagues-during-canada-trip
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