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ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕎ℍ𝕆 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟'𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 - 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕤. T he Government's 100-day plan includes a directive to reject proposed changes to health regulations overseen by the World Health Organisation. The regulations are supposed to help stop diseases spreading around the globe. New Zealand First has demanded there has to be a national interest test first, before any amendments are accepted. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch reports. . . 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕒...

𝔹𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕟 '𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝟛 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤' 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝔹𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤’ 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒, 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 “𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟” 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕟 “𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤”. T he Deputy Prime Minister has caused waves in the early days of the new government, suggesting the media was taking bribes through the Public Interest Journalism Fund. He also said TVNZ and RNZ may come under their policy that government departments must use English as their primary language.  Yesterday, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said the Prime Minister needs to “stamp down quickly” on his number two. . . When asked about Peters’ comments on Breakfast this morning, Bishop said it was unsurprising as “Wins...

  Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100 By Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland Henry Kissinger sits on stage at the celebration of his 100th birthday in Bavaria in Germany. Photo: AFP Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, died on Wednesday at age 100, according to his geopolitical consulting firm Kissinger Associates. Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, the firm said in a statement. No mention was made of the circumstances. It said he would be interred at a private family service, to be followed at a later date by a public memorial service in New York City. Kissinger had been active past his centenary, attending meetings in the White House, publishing a book on leadership styles, and testifying before a Senate committee about the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. In July 2023 he made ...

  Wellington welcomes wild-born kiwi for first time in 150 years Two kiwi North Island brown kiwi chicks have hatched in the Wellington wilderness for the first time in 150 years. Photo: Supplied/Capital Kiwi Project Kiwi chicks have been born in the Wellington wilderness for the first time in 150 years. The Capital Kiwi Project made the discovery of two pēpē (baby) kiwi on Monday. The chicks hatched from a pair of eggs in the wild around one week ago, said project founder Paul Ward. Capital Kiwi laid 4600 stoat traps across 24,000 hectares (the same size as Able Tasman National Park) in scrub covered hills southwest of Wellington. North Island Brown kiwi (kiwi-nui) were first released into the project area last year, when predators were deemed to have been controlled to a suitable level. "This is a massive milestone for our goal of building a wild population of kiwi on Wellington's back doorstep," Ward said. "It is a wo...

ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝔸 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕚'𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥'𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. T he National-led government wants to revamp  the legislation, which would have reduced the number of stores able to sell cigarettes to around 600 nationwide. It would have also limited the strength of nicotine, and made it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born after 2009.  But Dr Stephen Streat, who was also the clinical director of Organ Donation New Zealand for more than a decade, said he saw patients have limbs amputated and suffer heart attacks, stroke, lung disease and pneumonia- all from their exposure to smoking. . ...

𝔸𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝟙𝟘𝟘 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥'𝕤 𝟙𝟘𝟘-𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕤 "𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕪 𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕒" 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟. T he National-ACT-NZ First coalition on Wednesday  unveiled 49 things it wanted to get done in the next few months , Prime Minister Christopher Luxon calling it "ambitious for New Zealand". Much of the list was devoted to repealing legislation and scrapping initiatives enacted by the previous Labour and Labour-led governments. "I don't think repealing means delivering more - in fact, it's going backwards," Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni  told First Up on Thursday . "And from what I can see, their intention is actually to repeal a whole lot of legislation, not offering up anything better, ...