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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
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447045/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
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-speaks-out-on-groundswell-farmer-protests.html
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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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When users get asked on iPhone devices if they'd like to be tracked, the vast majority say no.
That's worrying Facebook Inc's advertisers, who are losing access to some of their most valuable targeting data and have already seen a decrease in effectiveness of their ads.
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Read more: Facebook users said no to tracking - now advertisers are panicking
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Mayors, tradies and business owners are set to join farmers in their thousands in what could be the largest mass rural protest in New Zealand’s history.
With more than 1000 farmers indicating they would bring their tractors into Christchurch’s Cathedral Square on Friday, Banks Peninsula farmer Aaron Stark had to take action.
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Read more: 'Enough is enough': Canterbury's rural mayors lend support to rural revolt
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/125732953/enough-is-enough-canterburys-rural-mayors-lend-support-to-rural-revolt
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New Zealanders feel "shut down" and are accused of being a racist or a 'Karen' if they say something, Judith Collins says as she celebrates National's new 'Demand the Debate' campaign.
The opposition party on Sunday launched the campaign, which it says comes in response to policy announcements by the Government which it never campaigned on, such as the electric car rebate scheme. It wants the country to have a conversation about these issues, saying Labour's "parliamentary majority is not a mandate for Labour to promote their ideological wish list".
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