Category : News
Author: Logan Church

The New Zealand Government has labelled killer robots "a threat against humanity".

It comes as the issue of using Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs) was debated by the United Nations in Geneva.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/15/killer-robots-threat-against-humanity-government-says/
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Author: Lucy Xia

A person in their 30s who died last week is New Zealand’s youngest confirmed Covid-related death to date.

A Ministry of Health (MoH) spokesman said in a statement that the patient died at Auckland City Hospital last week.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127295922/new-zealands-youngest-confirmed-covid19-death-is-a-person-in-their-30s
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Category : Defence
Author: Ford Hart

OPINION: The Ministry of Defence has laid out a sobering analysis of New Zealand’s national security situation. In its first sentence, the December 8 Defence Assessment declares Aotearoa “faces a substantially more challenging and complex strategic environment than it has for decades.”

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/china-and-nz/300477093/opinion-new-zealand-is-not-a-bystander-when-it-comes-to-strategic-competition
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Author: Zane Small

New Zealand's lead advisor to the Government on economic and financial policy expects house prices to increase more than 10 percent in 2022 - after a 29 percent rise in 2021. 

Treasury's latest economic and fiscal update, known as HYEFU, shows house prices are forecast to increase 10.4 percent next year, meaning the median house price - currently $925,000 - will rise to more than $1 million. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/12/treasury-predicts-house-prices-to-increase-more-than-10-pct-in-2022.html
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Author: Reuters

More than 100 former Afghan national security forces and others have been killed since the Taliban takeover in August, most at the hands of the hardline Islamist group which is recruiting boy soldiers and quashing women's rights, the UN said on Tuesday.

Nada al-Nashif, UN deputy high commissioner for human rights, said that in addition, at least 50 suspected members of a local affiliate of Islamic State known as ISIS-Khorasan - an ideological foe of the Taliban - died by hanging and beheading.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/taliban-recruiting-boy-soldiers-quashing-women-s-rights-carrying-out-public-killings-un.html
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Author: Matt Burrows

Discontent is growing among 'freedom' groups just days before a COVID-19 protest in the capital, with Billy Te Kahika Jr lashing out at Brian Tamaki and others who oppose anti-vaccine mandates in an impassioned livestream.

The failed politician and conspiracy theorist took to social media this week after attending a 'unity meeting' alongside representatives of a range of groups that oppose the Government's COVID-19 restrictions.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/billy-te-kahika-sows-discord-among-covid-19-freedom-groups-as-he-lashes-out-at-brian-tamaki-voices-for-freedom.html
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Author: Tom Pullar-Strecker

Rocket Lab’s centre of gravity has shifted further away from New Zealand and towards North America after it announced it would buy United States space solar tech company SolAero for US$80 million (NZ$118 million).

Rocket Lab will take on 425 staff as a result of the acquisition, which is expected to be complete by the end of March.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/127276549/most-rocket-lab-staff-set-to-be-based-outside-nz-by-early-next-year
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Same number of staff that it always has been will be in NZ... it is just that Rocketlab has acquired various assests and tech companies in the the US. The latest is a solar tech company "SolAero" ... No one is moving off shore... while not lying the title of the article is misguiding you in to thinking they are moving off shore... but no one is moving...

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