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Gavin Evans: GAVIN EVANS: Greenpeace and the pursuit of Big Charity
Greenpeace believes gaining charitable status for its New Zealand business is a win for civil society in this country. I’m not so sure. The High Court – unremarkably – has ruled that environmental advocacy is of public benefit and thus a charitable purpose. But Justice J...
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Govt extends lockdown for 12 days; beefs up wage subsidy
New Zealand’s second lockdown will last for another 12 days as the government tries to get on top of the South Auckland covid-19 outbreak.
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Auckland still priority with new cases linked to cluster
Auckland remains the priority for covid-19 testing with all but one of today’s 12 confirmed and one probable new cases linked to an existing cluster. Two of those confirmed cases are people in Tokoroa, but director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield said they were linked to t...
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BlueScope says NZ Steel at risk if required to shut again
BlueScope Steel says its New Zealand business will be at risk if the operations are again shut as part of the government’s covid-19 response.
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