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Author: Reuters

US space agency NASA has told Elon Musk's SpaceX to halt work under a contract it won to develop a lunar spacecraft, pending the outcome of challenges by rival bidders at the US Government Accountability Office, the agency said.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/05/nasa-tells-spacex-to-halt-lunar-lander-work-pending-contract-challenges.html
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So did they win the contract or not. You can not say they won the contract and they start the development process and tell them to stop because their is other competition.

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Author: Geoffrey Miller

Jacinda Ardern's speech at the China Business Summit was a crowd-pleaser. Geoffrey Miller explains its role in the "rebalancing" of New Zealand's orientation to China and the West.

OPINION: For critics who believed she had gone soft on China, Jacinda Ardern's line that differences between China and New Zealand were becoming "harder to reconcile" will be interpreted as tough talk. They will see the speech as backtracking and stepping back from what they considered an appeasement-like stance from Ardern's foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta.

Article: https://democracyproject.nz/2021/05/03/geoffrey-miller-something-for-everyone-in-arderns-speech-on-china/
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Author: Caitlin Ellis

Customs has fired nine staff members after they refused to have the COVID-19 vaccine.  

In a statement provided to Newshub, Customs deputy chief executive of people and capability Jacinda Funnell confirmed nine non-vaccinated workers were served a notice of early termination. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/customs-fires-nine-workers-for-refusing-covid-19-vaccine.html
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Author: Thomas Manch

The Chinese Embassy in Wellington has rolled out a “propaganda” briefing about Xinjiang, attempting to disprove assertions that Beijing is committing human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims.

The two-hour briefing was conducted over video conference for journalists, academics, and politicians on Friday afternoon, and centred on a series of promotional videos and speeches given by people in Xinjiang about positive experiences of economic development, vocational education, and family planning.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/124998467/chinese-embassy-rolls-out-propaganda-briefing-on-xinjiang-for-new-zealand-audience
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Some passengers who flew from Brisbane to New Zealand are now being told to self-isolate, after a green zone breach in Australia.

The Ministry of Health was advised of a change of classification of some passengers by Queensland health authorities on Friday night.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300290019/transtasman-travel-bubble-some-passengers-told-to-selfisolate-after-brisbane-green-zone-breach
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Author: Daniel Rutledge

The Facebook page for political party Advance NZ has been removed by the social media platform for violating its policies.

The controversial party ran in the 2020 election under the leadership of Jami-Lee Ross and Billy Te Kahika Jr and was notorious for pushing COVID-19 conspiracy theories and other misinformation.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/04/facebook-removes-advance-nz-party-s-page-for-violating-policies.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand and Australia have added their voices to fresh condemnation of China for its alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, but Aotearoa is still yet to call the atrocities a "genocide".

Three members of the Five Eyes alliance - the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada - as well as the European Union on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Chinese officials linked to human rights breaches against the Uighur people in Xinjiang. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/new-zealand-australia-welcome-sanctions-over-china-s-alleged-uighur-atrocities.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

National's Foreign Affairs spokesperson is "more concerned now" than previously about activities in China's Xinjiang province after a highly orchestrated presentation by the Chinese Government attempting to show life there as harmonious and prosperous.

A number of New Zealand academics, journalists and figures from non-government organisations (NGOs) attended a Zoom conference on Friday afternoon hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Wellington and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's Government. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/gerry-brownlee-more-concerned-now-about-xinjiang-after-orchestrated-china-propaganda-presentation.html
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