Author: Rob Stock

"78 countries worldwide have run the story. The latest was Costa Rica."

Andrew Barnes' four-day working week experiment in late 2018 at the legal services company he leads has made him famous globally.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118957804/the-world-cant-get-enough-of-new-zealand-fourday-working-week-entrepeneur
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 What job can I get where I am only productive 2.5 hrs a day... currently my productiveness for the company I work for is on average around 6 hours a day ... I am hired to work for 8, the other 2 would be classed as maintenance or cleaning or other minor jobs but not classed as productive.

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Author: Chris Morris

The development of Dunedin’s waterfront could deliver a major economic boost for the city, creating hundreds of new jobs and boosting tourist spending by $38 million a year, economic assessments have found.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/harbour-development-would-return-millions-assessments-say
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The Philippines' Foreign Affairs Secretary has labelled New Zealand as "arguably the only consistently moral country in the international community", after meeting with National leader Simon Bridges. 

Teodoro Locsin Jr made international headlines in 2016 after tweeting, "I believe that the Drug Menace is so big it needs a FINAL SOLUTION like the Nazis adopted. That I believe. NO REHAB." He later apologised and removed the tweet, the BBC reported

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/philippines-foreign-affairs-secretary-calls-nz-only-consistently-moral-country
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Author: Florence Kerr and Thomas Manch

A soldier charged with sharing military information that threatened New Zealand's security was leading a growing white nationalist movement.

The 27-year-old soldier, who has name suppression, was arrested in December at Linton Military Camp in circumstances that were shrouded in secrecy.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118952222/soldier-alleged-to-have-traded-military-information-was-leader-of-white-nationalist-group
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Author: RocketLAB
Rocket Lab's 11th Electron flight - Birds of a Feather - will launch a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch window is scheduled to open on 31 January NZDT and the mission will lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1.

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
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Author: Rachel Sadler

The Chinese coronavirus continues to spread globally, with one confirmed case in the US and a potential infection in Australia.

US health authorities confirmed the country's first case on Wednesday (NZT) after a man returned from China and had flu-like symptoms.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/first-us-case-of-chinese-coronavirus-diagnosed-reports.html
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Author: J. Vitor Tossini

The two nations have fought side by side through many conflicts, especially the World Wars. Following, a long ‘withdrawal’ from East of Suez, the UK is looking towards a ‘global’ role that includes a more active position in the Indo-Pacific and New Zealand can became a central partner for this policy.

Article: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-uk-and-new-zealand-a-special-relationship-for-the-21st-century/
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Author: Ron Mark

The Minister of Defence, Ron Mark, departed today for the United States and Canada where he will meet with his counterparts.

While in Canada Minister Mark will meet with his counterpart, Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan.

Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister-defence-visit-counterparts-us-and-canada
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