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New Zealand has thrown its support behind a British call for a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China.
International criticism of China over the abuse allegations has ratcheted up in recent weeks, with credible reports emerging of systemic torture, forced labour, and rape of the Uighur Muslim miniority in the northwest province of the country.
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ACT calls for NZ Parliament to recognise Uighur atrocities in China after Canada declares 'genocide'
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There are fresh calls for New Zealand to label China's treatment of its Uighur minority as genocide, with the ACT Party now urging Labour to bring a motion in Parliament on the matter.
After a contentious parliamentary vote on Tuesday, Canada became the second Five Eyes nation to declare the atrocities inflicted on the Uighur people as being acts of genocide. It follows a similar declaration from the United States in January on the last full day of the Trump administration.
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There are two new cases of COVID-19 in the community.
These cases were announced by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday night after rumours circulated that there were additional cases.
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Cricket and rugby union are traditional grounds of discontent between Australia and New Zealand.
Things are no different in the weekly phone calls between prime ministers Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern where the two will jokingly spar about the performance of their respective sporting teams before getting down to business.
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Read more: What is driving the frostiness between Australia and New Zealand?
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The navy will not have war-making frigates until at least the end of 2021, as a troubled upgrade of the two combat vessels continues.
Defence chief Air Marshal Kevin Short told a parliamentary select committee on Thursday that he was uncertain whether HMNZS Te Kaha would be fully operational by the end of 2021, having returned from being upgraded in Canada in December 2020.
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Read more: Navy will be without war-making frigates the end of 2021
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ANALYSIS: It is the year 2049. China is celebrating having reached its second centenary goal – to become a “prosperous, powerful, democratic, civilised and harmonious socialist modernised country” by the 100th anniversary of the people’s republic.
Its economy is three times the size of the United States’, as the International Monetary Fund predicted back in the 2010s. The US remains wealthy and powerful – it has functioning alliances in Europe – but its pacts with Asian allies have fallen into disrepair.
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Read more: How China is remaking the world in its vision
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The UK's Supreme Court ruling about the working status of Uber drivers could have major ramifications in New Zealand, an employment law expert says.
The UK's highest court has ruled that Uber drivers should not be considered outside contractors, but company staff.
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The Department of Defence has confirmed it intends to proceed with purchasing a new Multi-Role Vessel (MRV) for the Naval Service, which could be used as a hospital ship and would be capable of carrying troops and helicopters for amphibious and airborne landings.
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Read more: Department of Defence targets new €200m, multi-purpose naval ship
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