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The latest 1News Verian poll confirms what many on the Left feared: the Right bloc remains competitive and within striking…

As Winston Peters targets the Māori electorates, fractured protest unity may weaken resistance. Is Aotearoa facing a majoritarian reset?
Are media cheerleaders ignoring cracks in New Zealand’s economy? Rising unemployment, weak retail and stalled infrastructure suggest deeper trouble.

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Chris Hipkins outlines Labour’s conditions for supporting the India Free Trade Agreement, including migrant worker protections and transparency demands.

NZ First wants ministers to regain Fast Track powers as a $1B LNG terminal is rushed through. Is this energy policy — or corporate welfare?
An interesting example of a past failure in 1996 involving one of their Long March rockets (3B):
The launch vehicle veered off course immediately after liftoff and struck a nearby village, officially killing at least six people, although the actual death toll is suspected to be far higher.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708
And more recently (2019):
A shower of rocket debris crushed buildings in China’s rural Sichuan province after a government launch, captured in a video shared widely on social media.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/11/26/chinese-rocket-crushes-houses-after-government-warning-to-residents.html
2020:
Chinese rocket booster appears to crash near school during Gaofen 11 satellite launch.
… One piece of footage appears to be taken from a school yard with children’s voices audible and a plume of smoke visible in the distance.
https://www.space.com/amp/china-launches-gaofen-11-satellite-rocket-crash.html
Who needs standards?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/120101394/coronavirus-quarantine-hotel-collapses-in-china-leaving-70-trapped
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal