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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.
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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.
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Read more: Race Relations Commissioner slammed for defending use of blackface
- 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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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.
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Read more: 'Nightmare' holiday park owner refuses to pay back full bond to workers
- 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.
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Read more: Controversial Samoan measles cartoon 'hurtful, racist' - Media Council
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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.
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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.
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Read more: National proposes axing fuel taxes, increasing funding for transport if it wins in 2020
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The use of a blackface character in Christchurch St Nicholas Day celebrations has been defended by the Race Relations Commissioner.
Black Pete, who assists St Nick in handing out gifts, has been branded blatantly racist.
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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.
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Read more: New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns as buyback scheme ends, but some say it is not enough
- 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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