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Author: Amelia Wade

The government has released details around employers and unions setting minimum standards to implement the Fair Pay Agreements.

It brings into action the system proposed by a working group led by former prime minister Jim Bolger in 2019.

In a statement, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood said Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) would improve wages and conditions for employees, encourage businesses to invest in training, and level the playing field.

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Author: Dan Satherley

The former US Ambassador to New Zealand is in no hurry to get back into politics, saying recent events have left him "disgusted".

Scott Brown was appointed by former Donald Trump in 2017. A former Senator, Brown endorsed the controversial former reality TV star in 2016 when his candidacy was still seen as a joke by many. As Ambassador, Brown defended some of the former President's views, such as keeping colonial statues in place and challenging the results of the 2020 election in the courts. 

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Author: Jane Patterson

Rising tensions between Australia and China have raised the question of where New Zealand would stand if things escalate further.

Close trans-Tasman friend and ally Australia is taking a more aggressive stance against China - with South China Sea and Taiwan potential flashpoints.

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Author: Reuters

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, a new analysis from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimated.

Deaths go unreported as most countries only record those that occur in hospitals or of patients with a confirmed infection, the report showed.

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Author: Jamie Ensor

Three political parties believe "genocide" is underway in China's Xinjiang region but had to settle to agreeing to watered-down concern in Parliament on Wednesday. 

In a Parliamentary debate on Wednesday afternoon, Brooke van Velden of ACT, Golriz Ghahraman of the Greens and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer of the Māori Party each suggested genocide was underway against the Uighur people in China's Xinjiang province.

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Author: Stephen Hewson,

Official selection is the only thing needed for weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to become the first transgender Olympian.

International weightlifting has rejigged its qualifying criteria for Tokyo because of limited competition over the past year due to Covid-19.

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No, no, no... He is a he... she is not a she... and this is just bullocks  he has had all those years with testosterone in previous years to build that extra strength ... just bullock

They should just have an open class for transgender... Would not surprise me if he is only doing this because can is not good enough to compete in the men's division...

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Author: Michael Neilson, NZ Herald

China has lashed out after New Zealand's Parliament declared "severe human rights abuses" are occurring there against the Uighur minority, saying it will "harm the mutual trust" between the countries.

Parliament yesterday unanimously supported a motion to declare it was "gravely concerned about the severe human rights abuses taking place against Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region".

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Author: Reuters

China "indefinitely" suspended on Thursday all activity under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said, the latest setback for their strained relations.

"Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and cooperation between China and Australia out of Cold War mindset and ideological discrimination," China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement on the decision.

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  1. Jacinda Ardern not surprised by China's angry response to Parliament declaring 'severe human rights abuses' in Xinjiang
  2. China blasts New Zealand Parliament for 'severe abuses' declaration, warns of potential 'harm' to relationship
  3. On Our Determination To Ignore China’s Human Rights Abuses
  4. Xinjiang: New Zealand MPs back 'watered-down' concern about China's Uighurs, but three parties believe 'genocide' occurring

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