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New Zealand has joined a group of countries advocating for media freedom, something it describes as increasingly under threat by governments using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to restrict free expression.
The Media Freedom Coalition was formed in July 2019 with the purpose of supporting journalists, ensuring the free exchange of information and combating restrictions placed on media. Among the group's 46 member nations is Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Mortgage borrowers should be prepared for interest rates to go slightly higher over the next couple of years, a bank economist says.
Interest rates are already at record lows and economists don't expect interest rates to drop further. In ASB's February quarterly economic forecast, the bank forecast interest rates to start rising in August 2022.
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Several Dr Seuss books that were pulled from further publication over their "racist imagery" are selling for hundreds of dollars on Trade Me.
Dr Seuss Enterprises, which represents the late author and illustrator, made the announcement earlier in March to discontinue some titles. The stories were pulled from print because of the way characters of Asian and African ethnicity are depicted.
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A soldier who shared a photo of himself taking acid will go to military prison for two years and has been dismissed from service.
At a court martial in Linton on Monday, Signaller Braedan Francis Onehi, 23, faced multiple charges of supplying, offering to supply and consuming LSD in Linton Military Camp in 2019 between May and August.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will continue to raise concern with China over its treatment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, describing how Aotearoa deals with the issue as "entirely predictable".
The international response to the atrocities underway in China's Xinjiang region escalated last week when three of New Zealand's Five Eyes partners - the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada - as well as the European Union sanctioned Chinese officials linked to the human rights abuses against the Uighur people.
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Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March felt "uncomfortable" listening to Jacinda Ardern's "excuses" for not raising benefits, but the Prime Minister says changes need to be sustainable.
This Thursday, April 1, will see a range of Government policies come into force aimed at helping address income inadequacy, including the minimum wage jumping up to $20 per hour.
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An annual Easter motorcycling tradition stretching back three decades had its final run yesterday and a veteran participant made sure he was there.
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Read more: Easter charity bike ride has last hurrah
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A high-profile radio host has resigned from a MediaWorks radio show, effective immediately, staff were told on Monday.
The host, who had not been on air since mid-March, was one of two men stood down this month ahead of an independent investigation into the news and radio company's culture, sources within the company say.
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