Author: Jacob Mcsweeny

The president of an Otago landlords group says a National Party MP’s claim the region’s rents have risen at almost twice the national average rate is fraught because it compares the wrong dates.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/mp-doesnt-know-dunedin-market-landlord-hits-back-rent-rise-claim
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A leading academic has criticised the Race Relations Commissioner for defending the use of Dutch Christmas character Black Pete.

Donning black face paint with an afro wig and colourful medieval attire, Black Pete is a Dutch Christmas tradition spanning back more than a century.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/black-pete-controversy-race-relations-commissioner-slammed-for-defending-use-of-blackface.html
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Author: Anuja Nadkarni

The boss of a Reporoa holiday park who employed bonded labour and was ordered to pay a record $680,350 in penalties says she will not return the workers' money.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118400906/nightmare-holiday-park-owner-refuses-to-pay-back-full-bond-to-workers
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A controversial New Zealand newspaper cartoon has been labelled hurtful, discriminatory and racist by the country's media council.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/otago-daily-times-samoan-measles-cartoon-labelled-hurtful-racist-by-media-council/
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Author: Catherine Harris

Christchurch wind turbine company Windflow Technology has been put into voluntary liquidation.

The company appointed Wendy Somerville and Malcolm Hollis of PwC as liquidators on Wednesday, according to their first report to creditors.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118409446/wind-turbine-maker-windflow-technology-put-into-liquidation
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Author: Thomas Coughlan

National is thinking about axing fuel taxes completely if it wins office in 2020. 

Its Transport Spokesperson Chris Bishop will today release the party's transport discussion document, which proposes a move away from fuel taxes as the primary way of funding road building in New Zealand.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118207889/national-proposes-axing-fuel-taxes-increasing-funding-for-transport-if-it-wins-in-2020
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New Zealand authorities say the country will be a safer place after gun owners handed in more than 50,000 firearms during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons, but critics of the scheme say the amount collected has been woefully low.

Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-21/new-zealand-gun-buyback-ends-with-50000-firearms-handed-in/11821402
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