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Author: Rachel Sadler

Chinese health officials shared more optimistic data on its early coronavirus cases than they had access to internally, according to leaked documents.

The total number of daily confirmed and suspected case numbers and the number of deaths reported were some pieces of data that weren't fully shared with the public.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/coronavirus-leaked-documents-show-china-s-data-fumblings-in-early-stages-of-pandemic.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand has directly expressed concern with China over a foreign ministry spokesperson posting an image on Twitter purporting to show an Australian soldier holding a knife to a child.

On Monday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the image, posted online by Zhao Lijian, "repugnant" and said the Chinese Government should be "utterly ashamed". 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/12/new-zealand-raises-concern-directly-with-china-over-fake-australian-soldier-image.html
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Author: Grant Duncan for The Conversation

The recurring metaphor of New Zealand as "experiment" or "social laboratory" might go back to the 1890s, but it continues to resonate in the 21st century.

Australian political journalist Laura Tingle has revived the venerable idea in the latest edition of the Quarterly Essay, The High Road: What Australia can learn from New Zealand.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/11/trans-tasman-relationship-what-australia-can-learn-from-new-zealand.html
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Author: Reuters

Australia's Prime Minister said a fake image of an Australian soldier posted on a Chinese official's Twitter account was "truly repugnant" and Canberra was demanding it be taken down, amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.

Scott Morrison called a media briefing to condemn the posting of the image, which depicted an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and said Canberra was seeking an apology from Beijing.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/11/australia-demands-apology-from-china-after-fake-image-posted-on-social-media.html
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Author: Scott Palmer

A low-lying inhabited island in the Pacific thought to be at risk from rising sea levels has actually increased in size since 1943, scientists say.

And the new research from Auckland University researchers and their Canadian counterparts suggests the island isn't alone.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/11/low-lying-pacific-island-continuing-to-expand-despite-sea-level-rise-scientists.html
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Author: Zane Small

The Government is introducing legislation to double sick leave to 10 days, but it comes with a catch: you won't be able to save up sick days more than you already can.

Labour promised to double sick leave during the election campaign and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised to have the legislation ready before Christmas.

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Author: Patrick Gower

A failure by police to follow their own administrative guidelines allowed the March 15 terrorist to get his gun licence, according to an investigation by leading members of New Zealand's Muslim community.

The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) wrote a report for the Royal Commission into the attack.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/11/christchurch-mosque-attack-police-admin-failure-allowed-terrorist-to-get-gun-licence-report.html
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Author: Richard Orange

The high-profile epidemiologist who led Sweden's no-lockdown strategy in the spring appears to be being sidelined by the government after his prediction that greater immunity would mean a lighter second wave proved badly wrong.

Anders Tegnell's biweekly press conference was on Thursday (NZT Friday) pushed into the shade by an overlapping press conference fronted by Stefan Lofven, Sweden's prime minister, where scenarios prepared by the Public Health Agency were announced.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300170454/covid19-sweden-loses-faith-with-its-covid-expert-as-deaths-rise
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