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Author: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the memory of Soviet heroism in World War Two on Monday to urge his army towards victory in Ukraine but acknowledged the cost in Russian lives as he pledged to help the families of fallen soldiers.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-tells-his-soldiers-they-are-fighting-for-the-motherland.html
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Author: Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions causing anger at home and abroad.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/taliban-orders-women-to-cover-faces-in-public-threatens-punishment-for-closest-male-relative.html
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Author: Sarah Berry

ANALYSIS: Until a week ago, when my family and I dropped like flies, I thought I might just be one of “those” people: the unicorns referred to as “never Covid people”, who test negative despite having been exposed to the virus.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300582005/are-covidresistant-people-healthier-or-is-it-in-their-genes
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Author: RNZ
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Author: APDR

Australian-owned NIOA has acquired Sportways Distributors to expand its presence in New Zealand. Sportways is a firearms and ammunition wholesale distributor and will be renamed as NIOA in New Zealand, building on NIOA’s relationships that already include the New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Police.

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/nioa-acquires-new-zealand-firearms-wholesaler/
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Author: Alexa Cook

New Zealand exporters and shipping companies are being hit hard by a shortage of containers and backlogs of ships in global ports.

And with Shanghai's lockdown and the Ukraine conflict both having an impact, exporters say it's the worst it's been since the pandemic started.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2022/05/new-zealand-exporters-hit-hard-by-global-shipping-problems.html
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Author: Zane Small

ACT's 'alternative budget' has been released and it includes a proposal to bump up defence spending by $7.5 billion over four years. 

"China now has a foothold in the Pacific. Labour agrees that the world is changing but they don't know what to do and they're too busy wasting money on poorly targeted spending," ACT MP James McDowell said on Monday. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/act-s-alternative-budget-bump-up-defence-spending-by-7bn-to-counter-china-s-foothold-in-the-pacific.html
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Author: Rod Nixon

The announcement by the Solomon Islands government that it intends to ‘broaden its security and development cooperation with more countries’ has provoked a rash of commentary from Australian and New Zealand journalists, academics, think-tankers and politicians. Amid the calls to ‘amass an amphibious invasion force’ or offer the Solomons an Australian naval base, is there potential for a ‘Pacific family’ solution?

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-and-new-zealand-can-make-solomon-islands-a-pacific-family-offer-china-cant-match/
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