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GDP growth figures highlight growing risk of stagflation

As NZ reports another quarter of slow economic growth, it is combining with inflationary pressures to pose a worrying economic outlook – here and around the world. A resilient China can help NZ through a worrying economic future.

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SkyCity's Australian woes are sheeted home to NZ

Dirty money, literally and figuratively, is at the centre of a lawsuit focusing on SkyCity Adelaide, reports Andrew Bevin

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Xmas: the best poetry books of 2022

ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the year's best 10 or 11 collections of poetry

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Pulling women's cricket back from brink of extinction

Six years on from the report revealing the dire state of women's cricket in NZ, an update shows the game to be much healthier - but with still much work to do to achieve equity, Suzanne McFadden writes.

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Suppression struggle as conspiracists name baby

The anonymity and border-crossing nature of the internet poses new challenges for the enforcement of name suppression orders in New Zealand.

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Superpower rivalry in Pacific worries Kiwis

As the Great Power rivalry in the Pacific shows no signs of abating, a large number of Kiwis are concerned about its ramifications, a new survey shows.

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Message to Ukraine president: 'Enough mothers’ sons have been slaughtered'

As Ukraine's president reminds the New Zealand Parliament of the two countries' tragic ties, the parents of a man shot down in Flight MH17 plead for peace, not weapons.

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New Zealanders born after 2009 banned from EVER smoking in bid for cigarette-free future

In theory, someone trying to buy tobacco products 50 years from now in New Zealand would have to show ID to prove they are at least 62 years old - though Wellington has a stated aim of making the country smoke-free by 2025

Daily Mirror

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern caught out calling opposition leader an 'arrogant pr**k'

Jacinda Ardern was caught calling one of her colleagues, David Seymour, an “arrogant pr**k" during question time in the House and he graciously replied that it was not the end of the world

Daily Mirror

New Zealand imposes world-first lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes

It is part of a nationwide goal of having fewer than 5 per cent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025

Evening Standard

New Zealand Imposes Lifetime Ban on Youth Buying Cigarettes

New Zealand on Tuesday passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after Jan. 1, 2009. It means the minimum age for buying…

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New Zealand passes historic law banning next generation from ever smoking

‘Thousands of people will live longer, healthier lives and the health system will be $5bn better off’

The Independent UK

New Zealand bans future generations from buying tobacco under new laws

Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed parliament on Tuesday and are among the most strict in the world.

Reuters

New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on youth buying cigarettes

New Zealand has passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes

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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern caught on hot mic calling rival ‘arrogant prick’

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was caught on a hot mic Tuesday calling a rival politician “an arrogant prick” in a rare misstep for a leader known for her skill at debating and calm, measured responses.

The Independent UK

New Zealand PM Ardern caught name-calling rival on hot mic

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been caught on a hot mic using a vulgarity against a rival politician

The Independent UK

AP News Digest 3:15 am

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New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation

The country is believed to be the first to implement an annually rising legal smoking age

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Jacinda Ardern caught on hot mic calling minor opposition party leader an ‘arrogant prick’

New Zealand PM apologised for comment made live on parliament television during question time

The Conversation

The High Court and the Ombudsman have found fault with NZ’s MIQ system – should the government apologise?

Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.

AAP

Ardern swears, apologises in NZ parliament

New Zealand's self-described "relentlessly positive" prime minister Jacinda Ardern has been caught using an expletive as an insult in parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Jacinda Ardern will need more than a ‘paring back’ of policies to win

New Zealand’s prime minister knows she is in trouble, but taking back control of the narrative will require more than a few U-turns

Reuters

New Zealand Defence Force to retire P-3 Orion planes 5 months early

New Zealand Defence Force on Tuesday said it would retire its five P-3K2 Orion aircraft five months earlier than planned due to staff shortages, leaving it short of planes to undertake search and surveillance operations in the short term.

Reuters

Six New Zealand parliamentarians to retire at 2023 election

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that six members of parliament will retire ahead of the 2023 election including Associate Foreign Minister Aupito William Sio.

Newcastle Herald

Father-and-son crew Andrew and Harry Miller eye Sydney to Hobart glory

Experienced Sydney to Hobart sailor Andrew Miller was already keen to partner his son, Harry, in his first attempt at the race. Now, after changes to include two-handed crews in the race for the Tattersall Cup overall handicap prize, the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club duo are eyeing a special debut…

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