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OPINION: Today's special virtual APEC summit was so modest in its aims that it was officially referred to only as an 'informal leaders' retreat on COVID-19'.
From the outset, host Jacinda Ardern dampened down expectations for the meeting, warning reporters not to expect any significant breakthroughs.
In that respect, New Zealand's Prime Minister was right. A joint statement issued after the meeting included vague commitments to accelerate the production and distribution of vaccines.
There was also agreement on the need to restore international travel links and strengthen supply chains that had been disrupted by the pandemic.
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Read more: Getting Xi, Putin and Biden on a call together boosts Ardern's reputation for diplomacy
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/opinion-getting-xi-putin-and-biden-on-a-call-together-boosts-ardern-s-reputation-for-diplomacy.html
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US President Joe Biden is nominating former Senator Tom Udall as the next United States Ambassador to New Zealand.
The White House confirmed on Saturday (NZ time) that the former Senator for New Mexico, described in a statement as having a "long and distinguished career in public service", is Biden's pick to fill the vacant spot in Wellington. He will also take the Samoa Ambassador job.
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Read more: Joe Biden nominates former Senator Tom Udall as next US Ambassador to New Zealand
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/07/joe-biden-nominates-former-senator-tom-udall-as-next-us-ambassador-to-new-zealand.html
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Labour MP Louisa Wall is calling for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, something parliamentarians across Europe this month also expressed support for.
More than 180 human rights groups are calling for a boycott of next February's event in protest of human rights abuses underway in the Asian nation, including the treatment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, anti-democratic behaviour in Hong Kong and expansion in the South China Sea.
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Traffic was disrupted around the country today, with convoys of tractors and utes with dogs on board arriving in dozens of centres around New Zealand, as farmers protested against government regulations.
Groundswell NZ organised the 'Howl of a Protest' in more than 40 towns and cities over recent environmental regulations, the 'ute tax' and a seasonal worker shortage.
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Read more: Farmers protest across New Zealand against government regulations
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As farmers march across the country in opposition to rural regulations, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is standing firm on the Government's commitments.
"I do not accept any suggestion of a rural-urban divide," she said in response to the Groundswell protests on Friday. "What I accept is that we have national challenges."
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Read more: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks out on Groundswell farmer protests
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Police are concerned by a worrying increase in firearms incidents - and an increase in offenders who are willing to use them.
It has now been revealed that the man fatally shot by police in Hamilton on Wednesday night had fired at officers with a military-style semi-automatic weapon.
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But I thought the gun buy back scheme was going to lower gun crime... Oh wait it only took the guns off the innocent and law abiding not the criminals... right
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Mike King is blasting the Ministry of Health for its "blatant lie" that the mental health advocate failed to get his funding application for Gumboot Friday in by the deadline - arguing that in fact, he never applied at all.
In a video posted to his Facebook on Friday, King addressed what he says is misinformation circulating around the funding of Gumboot Friday, and urged people not to believe it.
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Read more: Mike King addresses 'misinformation' about Gumboot Friday funding, says he never applied
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China's President Xi Jinping will attend Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's virtual COVID-19 APEC meeting on Friday night, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Ardern announced on Monday that for the first time in APEC history, leaders of member economies will hold an additional meeting with a focus on COVID-19 and its economic implications. She wants a discussion on "immediate measures to achieve more coordinated regional action" as well as on steps for long-term growth.
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Read more: Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend Jacinda Ardern's 'extraordinary' COVID-19 meeting
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/chinese-president-xi-jinping-to-attend-jacinda-ardern-s-extraordinary-covid-19-meeting.html
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