Category : News
Author: Shannon Redstall

Kiwis are feeling a pinch at the pump as fuel prices reach heights not seen since before the pandemic.

Data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which measures the average cost of fuel across New Zealand's major cities every week, shows since 2015 the price of fuel has been trending upwards.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/07/new-zealanders-feel-pinch-at-pump-as-fuel-prices-reach-heights-not-seen-since-before-pandemic.html
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Category : News
Author: Martyn Mclaughlin

It is perhaps a sign of how dire the prospects are for Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals that the hoary old idea of the nation taking its place in a so-called Canzuk union is once again being dusted down and run up the flagpole.

Since the EU referendum, the prospect of a new global superpower alliance - composed of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - has been talked up by a small but committed band of supporters.

Article: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/motivations-behind-anglosphere-fantasies-are-worth-questioning-2939044
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Author: James Skinner

With the Australia-UK trade deal completed in principle, the New Zealand-UK trade deal close behind and Canada facing an impending national election, the roadmap to CANZUK can seem difficult to navigate. We lay out the expected route for CANZUK and what the future holds for the campaign in the months and years ahead.

Article: https://www.canzukinternational.com/2021/07/the-roadmap-to-canzuk-whats-to-come.html
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Category : News
Author: Dan Satherley

Louisa Wall says the Prime Minister should have been aware her views on China were going to make headlines, since they were recorded in an interview six months ago. 

The Labour MP made headlines earlier this week when she accused the one-party state - which happens to be our biggest trading partner - of a range of abuses over and above the alleged genocide of the Uighur people in Xinjiang.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/louisa-wall-doubles-down-on-china-organ-harvesting-comments.html
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Author: Heather du Plessis-Allan

People calling for a raise in the pension age can take a hike, frankly. 

You always hear this from the same kind of people, don’t you? Soft-handed city dwellers who sit behind a desk all day for their jobs, who only ever break a sweat in a gym class. 

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/video/heather-du-plessis-allan-people-calling-for-raising-the-pension-age-can-take-a-hike
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 I am only 53 and I feel my body shutting down, brown and I am in a physical labour job... I am hoping I will make it to 65 let alone them raising it... bugger that and those that say we should come do my job for a couple of months and see how you feel.

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Category : Defence
Author: Jane Patterson of RNZ

The $20 billion spend-up on defence is the latest COVID-19 casualty, with a range of options to scale it down now before the finance minister.

Category : Defence
Author: Jamie Ensor

National's Chris Penk has gone on Australian television to say he's "embarrassed" for New Zealand that Defence Minister Peeni Henare weighed in on the removal of a controversial essay from an Army website.

The essay, titled 'Can the Army Afford to go Woke, Benign Social Progress or National Security Threat', was last week awarded a prize in the Chief of Army Writing competition and published on the Knowledge-Enabled Army (KEA) website.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/national-s-chris-penk-tells-australian-tv-show-he-s-embarrassed-for-new-zealand-after-defence-essay-controversy.html
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Category : News
Author: Dan Satherley

A policeman is in hospital after being shot Friday night during a routine traffic stop in Hamilton.

Two people have been arrested in relation to the incident, which happened just before midnight on Bankwood Rd, Chartwell. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/07/gunman-on-the-run-after-shooting-police-officer-in-hamilton.html
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