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A discussion document on proposed hate speech laws generated plenty of discussion in the media - and spurious claims that merely insulting people could be criminalised. Some senior journalists seized on ministers muddying the waters - but did they give the public a clear picture of what’s actually at stake?
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Read more: Media turn up heat on hate speech
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Three New York law firms now say they are considering class action lawsuits against the shell company that Rocket Lab will merge with to complete its US$4.5 billion listing on United States Nasdaq exchange.
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Read more: New York law firms seek in on the action as Rocket Lab payday approaches
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A political pundit says overall, the current Labour Government isn't open and transparent - despite portraying itself as being so.
Political commentator Ben Thomas' comments come after a Radio New Zealand report earlier this week revealed that despite the Government saying before election 2020 it wouldn't give mining giant Rio Tinto a subsidy to prevent its Tiwai Point smelter from closing, it offered to cough up millions of dollars just months later.
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Read more: Is Jacinda Ardern's Government open and transparent? 'My overall answer would be no'
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Facebook is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on the social media platform, the company said this week.
Screenshots shared on Twitter showed a notice asking "Are you concerned that someone you know is becoming an extremist?" and another that alerted users "you may have been exposed to harmful extremist content recently." Both included links to "get support."
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Read more: Facebook now warning users about exposure to 'harmful extremist content'
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Hospitals across the country are overrun with sick kids this winter.
The spike in illness is being linked to outbreaks of various bugs, including a respiratory virus pushing emergency departments to the brink.
Waitakere Hospital in Auckland is one of many seeing a surge in sickness this winter.
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A local government council in Melbourne has moved to ban cats from straying from their properties under a new cat curfew law which comes into effect on October 1.
The Knox City Council made the move under its Domestic Animal Management Plan 2017-2021, which it said was supported by 85 per cent of people surveyed, according to Nine News.
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Read more: Cats in part of Melbourne to be subject to curfews
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Opinion - This week New Zealand was officially pronounced the second most peaceful nation on Earth - just behind Iceland - in the publication of the annual Global Peace Index. New Zealand's high "peacefulness" score was based on the country's low amount of violence, conflict and terrorism.
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Read more: Best defence or giving offence? Questions about military spending
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New Zealand risks giving China coercive power over its economy, according to an American general and former US national security advisor.
General H.R. McMaster, who served as President Donald Trump's national security advisor, said New Zealanders often talked about not wanting to be caught in the middle of a scrap between America and China. The real choice for New Zealand, however, was between "sovereignty and servitude", he said.
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