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The Latest Breaking News from Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand farmers protest world’s first livestock ‘burp tax’

Farmyard vehicles disrupted traffic in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and other cities to protest emissions tax.

Al Jazeera

Ardern confirms pre-Christmas by-election

The New Zealand Labour government is set for a stern electoral test on December 10, when Hamilton West voters go to the polls to replace a former Labour MP.

AAP

Conviction overturned for man who sent death threats to Jacinda Ardern

Michael Cruickshank argued he was so drunk he could not remember sending the threats to New Zealand’s prime minister

The Guardian - AU

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Ex-Labour MP Sharma exits NZ parliament

Hamilton West voters are set for an unexpected by-election after the resignation of expelled Labour MP Gaurav Sharma from parliament.

AAP

Carter Holt constrains timber supply for 18 months, despite assurances to Govt

Builders say the supply crisis has eased – now they face a demand crisis that threatens to drive more of them to the wall

Newsroom.co.nz

Lockdowns scrapped, but seven-day isolation to stay as Ardern seeks balanced response

The Government will remove its ability to impose lockdowns or close the borders but no changes to current Covid-19 settings have been suggested.

Newsroom.co.nz

Jacinda Ardern backs school Shakespeare scheme dubbed ‘imperialist’ by New Zealand funding body

Prime minister says she took part in three decade-old programme said to involve more than half of country’s schools

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New Zealand Arts Funder Rejects Shakespeare as ‘Imperialism’

Is Shakespeare still relevant to today's students? New Zealand's arts council appears to have its doubts after ending funding for a popular school Shakespeare program, arguing it relied too heavily on busy schools, failed to show relevance to “the contemporary art context” and relied on a genre “located within a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Zealand arts funder rejects Shakespeare as 'imperialism'

Is Shakespeare still relevant to today’s students

The Independent UK

Ardern hosts Gillard for NZ Labour appeal

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she fist-pumped on first hearing Julia Gillard's misogyny speech, believing the Australian PM had been bullied.

AAP

No triumph for free speech

If we block abusive language on the parts of the internet most people use, it will just move to the shadows where we can't monitor for extremists, writes Joanne Wilkes.

Newsroom.co.nz

New Zealand’s local elections appear to show a backlash against Ardern. The reality is more complex

Many cities chose conservative candidates but the results were less about national trends than local conditions

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand plans to tax cow and sheep burps in bid to combat climate change

The proposal has sparked a fierce backlash from farmers

Evening Standard

New Zealand to tax cow flatulence and sheep urine in world-first climate levy

The levy is strongly opposed by farmers

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Cow burps could be taxed in New Zealand to tackle climate change

Farm animals produce gases that warm the planet, particularly methane from cattle burps and nitrous oxide from their urine.

WEKU

New Zealand angers its farmers by proposing taxing cow burps

New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. Farmers quickly condemned the plan.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand farmers may pay for greenhouse gas emissions under world-first plans

By 2025, farmers would pay a levy on emissions from sources such as cow burps and gases from their urine under proposals released by Jacinda Ardern

The Independent UK

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers

New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change

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Lessons for Labour and National in Saturday's swing

Saturday’s win for centre-right mayors doesn’t seal the deal for National at next year’s general election. But it does send a big wake-up call to Labour

Newsroom.co.nz

Brown momentum vs Collins machine

Who can pull out a decisive late move - will celebrity endorsements be enough, will thousands of phone calls get voters off their couches, or will the biggest budget prevail?

Reason

New Zealand P.M. Jacinda Ardern Peddles Government Censorship to an International Audience

The world’s politicians offer a friendly reception to attacks on free speech.

AAP

NZ tax attack leaves Ardern's Labour flat

Jacinda Ardern's Labour government has been left flat-footed by the New Zealand opposition claims of tax-raising.

Newsroom.co.nz

Greens' co-leader never been surer of party's chances

For someone who just had to convince his own party membership to reinstate him as co-leader, James Shaw is riding a wave of optimism about next year's election chances.

The Guardian - AU

Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party sees support rise for first time in two years, New Zealand poll shows

PM says scrapping of last Covid protections boosted support, halting a slide in popularity accelerated by cost of living pressures

Newsroom.co.nz

Our man in London: Phil Goff set to be confirmed as UK high commissioner

His negotiating skills to be put to the test on trade, defence and immigration – when a small country 20,000km away is the last thing on the minds of Britain's new King and Prime Minister.

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