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Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says the caretaker Prime Minister is behaving like a dictator.

Public servants continue their work in Apia - despite the political impasse and confusion over who really holds power. 

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A person who was involved with Islamic State, and is expected to arrive in New Zealand, has been subjected to the first terrorism “control order”.

The Wellington High Court on May 7 granted the police’s application for an interim control order against the person, whose identity has been suppressed, according to a court judgement published on Wednesday.

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A Chinese Communist Party spokesman has urged New Zealand to "make the pie of co-operation bigger", amid a flurry of speculation in Beijing that Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta is growing cold on China.

Mahuta, in an interview published in the Guardian on Tuesday, spoke about the prospect of New Zealand finding itself in the “eye of the storm” of economic retribution from China, as Australia has been.

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The Edge radio station has made an on-air apology for misleading a listener as part of a dating promotion, but is yet to respond to a formal complaint.

"Emily", a 25-year-old teacher, says she was left feeling “disappointed, used and discarded” after finding out two of the men she was set up to date on the Dom, Meg and Randell Breakfast show last month were actually MediaWorks interns using fake names and identities.

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Writing exclusively for CANZUK International, Joshua Chohan explains why a coordinated foreign policy between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom would be an exemplary alliance of like-minded countries and provide international security in challenging times.

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The Reserve Bank is unlikely to say when it's expecting to raise interest rates ahead of time, an economist says, but there will be clues to look out for. 

The bank's latest monetary policy statement will be released on Wednesday, ahead of next month's decision on the official cash rate (OCR). The OCR has been a record low for the past year, stimulating borrowing and spending to keep the economy ticking over during the biggest economic shock in a generation, if not longer.

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In an interview with the Guardian, Nanaia Mahuta says exporters must diversify to protect themselves from a potential cooling of ties with Beijing

New Zealand could find itself at the heart of a “storm” of anger from China, foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta has warned, saying exporters needed to diversify to ensure they could survive deteriorating relations with Beijing.
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1, Myanmar media reported.

One of her lawyers, Min Min Soe, told The Associated Press by phone that Suu Kyi was able to meet with her defence team before her hearing began at a special court set up inside the city council building in Naypyitaw, the capital. The hearing's purpose was procedural.

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