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Vaccine passes and some mandates will be done away with after New Zealand's Omicron outbreak peaks, which is likely to occur by the end of March, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Based on the experience seen in some countries, there could be a "rapid decline" in cases following the peak, before they stabilise at a lower level, she said. It would be at this point where "we can start to do things differently", with Ardern mentioning that the traffic light settings will change.
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NASA has announced plans for the International Space Station (ISS) to be officially decommissioned in 2031. After dozens of launches since 1998 got the station up and into orbit, bringing it down will be a feat of its own – the risks are serious if things go wrong.
NASA's plans for the decommissioning operation will culminate in a fiery plunge into the middle of the Pacific Ocean – a location called Point Nemo, also known as the 'spacecraft graveyard', the furthest point from all civilisation.
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Read more: How NASA plans to destroy the International Space Station and the dangers involved
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Chinese investment, workers and diplomatic tentacles are surging across the Pacific region. The United States and its friends – including New Zealand – are rushing to keep that growth in check. National Correspondent LUCY CRAMER explains the players and their tactics in the first of a new five-part series, Pawns of the Pacific.
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Small Pacific nations are accruing ever greater amounts of debt to China. The US and its friends – including New Zealand – are anxious about what might happen if it can’t be repaid. National Correspondent Lucy Craymer reports in the second of a new five-part series, Pawns of the Pacific.
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Read more: China rejects accusations it is setting 'debt traps' all around the Pacific
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The "biggest war in Europe since 1945" is being planned by Russia, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, as the US warns Ukraine could be attacked at any moment.
Johnson's comments come after Russia's strategic nuclear forces held exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
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Read more: Boris Johnson says Russia planning 'biggest war in Europe since 1945'
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Weeks of rain have caused widespread damage to crops all over the country but it's particularly bad in Canterbury where 88 percent of our wheat is produced.
Now there are fears it could cause a flour and bread shortage.
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Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four injured by shelling in eastern Ukraine.
A dramatic rise in attacks in the country's Russian-backed breakaway territories is adding to the unwavering fear that Russia will soon invade.
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Russian-backed separatists packed civilians onto buses out of breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine on Friday, a shock turn in a conflict the West believes Moscow plans to use as justification for all-out invasion of its neighbour.
Warning sirens blared in Donetsk after it and the other self-proclaimed region, Luhansk, announced an evacuation to Russia, with women, children and the elderly going first.
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