Category : News
Author: Jenna Lynch

The Government is not ruling out making QR code scanning compulsory, with COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins saying we're good at signing in when things go awry, but get lax too quickly. 

Scanning QR codes takes two seconds and is super simple - and sometimes all we need is a gentle reminder, which is what Hipkins is considering to try and get Kiwis using the app more. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/qr-code-scanning-could-become-law-as-covid-19-response-minister-chris-hipkins-mulls-ideas-to-keep-numbers-up.html
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Author: NZ Herald

At least 30 Taliban militants have died in Afghanistan after they blew themselves up during a bomb-making class.

The Khaama Press News Agency said the fighters died when Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) they were learning to construct exploded inside a mosque, quoting a release from the Afghan Army's 209th Shaheen Corps.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/30-taliban-militants-killed-in-explosion-during-bomb-making-class/DBKQCRGGYDC6PPNR5SMXBXHOSA/
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Author: Jamie Ensor & Rachel Sadler

Another close contact has tested negative for COVID-19 but several results are still pending as Auckland remains in lockdown for another day.

Three community cases recorded in south Auckland over the weekend prompted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to throw the region into lockdown and the rest of New Zealand into alert level 2.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-on-auckland-lockdown-community-case-tuesday-february-16.html
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Author: Zane Small

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended cancelling the citizenship of a woman accused of terrorism, leaving New Zealand to pick up the pieces thanks to her dual citizenship. 

The woman, a 26-year-old identified as a terrorist belonging to Islamic State by the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, was caught trying to cross the border from Syria with her two children. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-hits-back-at-jacinda-ardern-in-terrorist-citizenship-row.html
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Category : Defence
Author: THOMAS MANCH

The Defence Force will make public each occasion its soldiers are alleged to have killed civilians, as the military aims to reform itself after the damning Operation Burnham inquiry.

The inquiry last year found the Defence Force had misled ministers and the public about allegations of civilian deaths after the 2010 Special Air Service-led raid in Afghanistan, allegations which top brass failed to properly investigate. No civilians were wrongfully killed in the raid, the inquiry found.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/124212749/defence-force-sets-protocols-for-possible-civilian-casualties-after-damning-operation-burnham-inquiry
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Author: RNZ

Opinion is split in New Plymouth over whether New Plymouth should be in COVID-19 alert level 3 along with Auckland.

Members of a Papatoetoe family infected with the UK variant of the virus travelled to Taranaki over Waitangi Weekend. The mother and daughter visited several tourist destinations and eateries in and around New Plymouth between February 6 and 8.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-some-new-plymouth-residents-want-city-at-level-3.html
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Author: Lucy Warhurst

It's the new UK variant of COVID-19 that has caused the country to be on such high alert.

The B 1.1.7 variant, first found in the UK, is raging overseas, and a new study shows it's probably more deadly.

The danger is, it's 50 percent more infectious than the original COVID-19.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/covid-19-what-we-know-about-the-uk-variant.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has once again shut down calls to close New Zealand's borders, reiterating that the Government cannot legally deny citizens the right to return home.

On Sunday, it was announced that three new cases of COVID-19 had been detected in the community. It remains unknown how the initial case - an employee at the Auckland Airport branch of LSG Sky Chefs, a flight catering facility - became infected. The other two cases are family members, with all three living in the same South Auckland household.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/covid-19-ardern-shuts-down-calls-to-close-borders-as-officials-rush-to-identify-source-of-new-community-cases.html
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