Resources Minister Shane Jones, on Thursday announced that New Zealand was reopening petroleum exploration after passing the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill. The bill, now moving through parliament, lifted the 2018 ban on oil and gas exploration beyond onshore Taranaki in the North Island and updates decommissioning rules to meet international …
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The New Zealand government released long-awaited plans Monday to overhaul its abortion laws, so that termination is treated as a health issue and a woman’s choice rather than a crime. Under the proposed law, a woman will have access to an abortion until 20 weeks’ pregnancy and would only require …
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An investigation has been launched after a Malaysia Airlines plane took off from Auckland Airport on Christmas Day and surprised the pilot with the direction it started flying.Just eight minutes into the direct flight to Kuala Lumpur, MH132’s pilot queried why his Airbus A330 was heading so far south.He wondered …
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