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Author: Dan Satherley

A top World Health Organisation (WHO) official has talked up New Zealand's approach to keeping the virus out on US television.

David Nabarro, WHO special envoy on COVID-19, told CNN on Saturday morning (NZ time) our approach has "been robust and it's been rigorous".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/coronavirus-who-official-who-criticised-lockdowns-praises-nz-s-robust-and-rigorous-tracing-and-quarantine-systems.html
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Author: Charlotte Cook

Kahu Helicopters, Volcanic Air and Aerius are all helicopter companies who operated tours to the island and are facing legal action.

GNS, The National Emergency Management Agency and the owners of the island, the Buttles, have also been charged.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300175209/funds-being-raised-to-defend-pilot--who-led-the-charge-in-whakaari-rescue
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Author: RNZ

It's officially a climate emergency, but what will it cost us?

Parliament yesterday voted to declare a climate emergency, including a commitment for the public service to be carbon-neutral by 2025.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/new-zealand-s-goal-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2035-will-be-costly-economist.html
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Author: BBC

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai has been charged with fraud and detained until a court hearing in April next year.

Category : News
Author: Jordan Davidson

Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders were arrested and sentenced to prison on Wednesday following their involvement in a series of protests created in resistance to the Chinese Communist Party’s tightening control of the territory.

Article: https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/02/hong-kong-pro-democracy-leaders-sentenced-to-prison-for-protesting-communist-china/
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Author: Matt Burrows

Kiwi MPs from both sides of the aisle are leading hundreds of parliamentarians from around the world in calling for China to be held to account over its "bullying" of Australia.

A diplomatic dispute between the two countries escalated rapidly this week after China's foreign minister Zhao Lijian posted a doctored image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to a young Afghan boy's throat to Twitter.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/the-new-zealand-mps-leading-global-calls-to-hold-china-to-account-over-bullying-of-australia.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

Beijing has warned Australia that it will face "lasting punishment" over a politician's call to boycott Chinese-made products, the latest development in an escalating diplomatic dispute between the two nations.

On Monday, Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson, the founder and leader of right-wing populist party One Nation, called for a ban on the importation of goods produced in China. It comes after China's foreign minister Zhao Lijian shared a doctored image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child's throat on Twitter - referencing a recent report alleging that Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 Afghans. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/australia-threatened-with-lasting-punishment-over-pauline-hanson-s-call-to-boycott-chinese-made-products.html
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Author: The Conversation

OPINION: As the diplomatic fallout continues over the digitally altered war crimes tweet sent by China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, earlier this week, it's important to note this inflammatory and offensive post is not an isolated case.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/what-s-behind-china-s-bullying-of-australia-it-sees-a-soft-target-and-an-essential-one.html
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