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𝔹𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕤 ‘𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪’ 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕟𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟛 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕔𝕦𝕤 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕟𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟙 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒. C hristopher Luxon has called the language used in an email sent by one of his senior MPs “strong” and says he has spoken with him. . . The email from Chris Bishop has been circulating on social media in recent days. In it, he compares the “barbarity” of Hamas’s attacks on Israel to the holocaust.  “After 1945 the world said ‘never again’, well – now it is happening again,” wrote Bishop. Speaking to  RNZ , Luxon said the email reflected the emotion related to the ongoing conflict but said he had spoken to Bishop about it. RELATED: Muslim healthca...

ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕌𝕊 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝟙𝟙 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕛𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕀𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕊 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕘𝕠 𝕒 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 S hootings across the U.S. over the weekend before Halloween have left at least 11 people dead and more than 70 injured, authorities said. The deaths between Friday and Sunday included two in Tampa, Florida, three in Texarkana, Texas, and two each in Dodge City, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas; and Mansfield, Ohio, according to police. Many involved altercations arising from Halloween celebrations, including the mass shooting in Tampa’s Ybor City section early Sunday as bars were closing and scores of people in costumes spilled out on the streets before groups began arguing. The spate of weekend violence unfolded as people mourn the 18 killed by a gunman last week in Lewiston, Maine. More than 1,000 people  turned out Sunday for a vigil . . ...

𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝'𝕤 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖? 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕒 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 N ational's police spokesperson says the party may ban gang facial tattoos if its planned ban on gang patches does not work. Mark Mitchell, expected to be the next police minister, told  Checkpoint  they will be made to apply foundation when they wake up in the morning or face arrest.  The party is also promising to allow police to search suspected gang members, their vehicles and properties without warrants, and issue dispersal notices banning gang members from talking to one others. . . Mitchell said gang activity would also be banned on social media. Tensions are running high following a  spate of gang-related violence in Ōpōtiki , and a highly visible gang funeral in the Bay of Plenty town  earlie...

𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 𝕓𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝔸𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔽𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕖𝕘𝕘 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝔸𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 H e wants to essentially control the coverage of coalition talks, and the best way to do that is to hold them in a city without a political press gallery. As has become clear since the general election, Luxon doesn't like to talk extensively about how the discussions are going.  . . Luxon wants to do this like a corporate business deal rather than allowing some scrutiny of who he's meeting with. Luxon views previous coalition talks as political theatre when in reality the coverage actually provides good insight into what the relevant parties want our country to look like. These are the...

ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕-𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕟𝕖𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤𝕙𝕦𝕓 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟'𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝔾𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤. T he panel were discussing the transparency of negotiations between National, ACT and possible coalition partner New Zealand First. National might need the help of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to form a Government, depending on the outcome of the estimated 500,000-plus special votes still to be counted. It comes as Christopher Luxon wants all coalition negotiations to be held in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, Newshub understands. . . Ben Thomas, a PR consultant and former press secretary for the National Party, said coa...

𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕊 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕦𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕪? ℕ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕘𝕦𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 A fter every mass shooting the same questions seem to arise: how did the shooter get their gun? What were the warning signs? What’s the relationship between domestic violence and white supremacist ideology and mass killings? How can we stop this from happening again? What few people ask, however, is why, after decades of high-profile mass shootings and nearly 50,000 gun-related deaths each year, we’re still trying to understand the causes of gun violence. Were it not for a nearly two-decade stoppage in federally funded gun violence research, we might have been closer to having these answers, says Garen Wintemute, an e...