Category : News
Author: RNZ

A couple who faced deportation asked Oranga Tamariki about finding adoptive parents for their daughters so the pre-schoolers could stay in New Zealand.

The 31-year-old man was told he would be sent back to India after being convicted of conning people out of thousands of dollars.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300252295/man-allowed-to-stay-in-new-zealand-after-conning-people-out-of-thousands-of-dollars
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Author: SAM SACHDEVA

As the Government reveals its plans to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine to Kiwis, the public sector has set out guidelines for the sensitive issue of how to deal with those who don't want to get vaccinated

New public sector employees on the frontlines of New Zealand’s Covid-19 response could have a vaccination requirement inserted into their contracts, according to new government advice.

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/no-covid-19-jab-no-job-clause-considered-for-new-public-sector-workers
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Against a backdrop of gripes about ‘cancel culture’ in the media, the National Party’s broadcasting spokesperson has warned bias, balance and political influence need to be addressed - and news media might go soft on the government giving them more money. But she was once a programme-maker who faced similar questions herself. Mediawatch asks her where she thinks the problem lies.

“The problem with the culture wars / Is everything becomes a fight / And if Dr Seuss were alive today / He’d say this issue isn’t black and white."  

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018787264/claims-of-cancel-culture-and-media-bias-get-political
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Category : News
Author: Minister for Foreign Affairs Australia & New Zealand

The Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Local Government, Associate Minister of Maori Development, New Zealand

Category : News
Author: Lucy Fisher, Ben Riley-Smith, Danielle Sheridan

Britain’s military is to get an £80 billion upgrade as the Government announces a modernisation drive this month to get the Armed Forces ready for the wars of the future.

The Telegraph understands that is roughly what will be invested in improving military equipment over the next four years. The total over the next decade could amount to close to £200 billion.

Article: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/80bn-boost-for-military-to-arm-it-with-new-tanks-warships-and-kamikaze-drones/ar-BB1ex3zG
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Author: Paula Penfold, Louisa Cleave

We’ve set up our cameras to film only the backs of the heads of Uyghur New Zealanders who want to tell us their stories of the disappeared. 

They have good reason for wishing to be unidentified: they are truly frightened of the consequences for their families back home if they speak openly. 

Article: https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2021/03/the-disappeared-uyghur-new-zealanders-terrified-for-missing-loved-ones-in-xinjiang/
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Author: Caitlin Ellis

The Ministry of Health on Sunday announced there have been no new cases of COVID-19 found in the community, two days after Auckland's move to level 1.

There was one new case found in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/coronavirus-no-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-community-3-in-miq.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

An ancient Greek computer more than 1000 years ahead of its time was able to accurately predict the motions of planets and stars, even when they would appear to move backwards across the sky, new research has found.

The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece early in the 20th century. Archaeologists immediately suspected it was some kind of astronomical clock, but figured it was probably renaissance in origin due to its complexity. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/device-of-genius-computer-built-in-ancient-greece-leaves-scientists-baffled.html
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