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1 day ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
The United Nations' aid co-ordination office (OCHA) says people in Gaza are likely facing the worst humanitarian crisis since fighting escalated in 2023. Israel barred aid and commercial supplies from entering the Strip on 18 March when it began renewed strikes on the Palestinian territory following a brief ceasefire with Hamas. In its latest update, OCHA said the blockade had seen a significant shortage of essential commodities and food prices surge by up to 700 percent.
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3 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
A long-standing academic partnership between the US and New Zealand is in uncharted territory as it works through a Trump administration funding freeze. The Fulbright NZ programme has been jointly funded by the New Zealand and US governments for more than 70 years and offered New Zealand students a life-changing chance to work and study at some of the world's top universities.
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3 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
A long-standing academic partnership between the US and New Zealand is in uncertain territory as it awaits the outcome of a Trump administration funding freeze. The Fulbright NZ programme has been jointly funded by the New Zealand and US governments for more than 70 years and offers New Zealand students a life-changing chance to work and study at some of the world's top universities. But a funding review in the US State Department may now see it grind to a halt.
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3 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Niva Chittock
The New Zealand Government granted consent for Chinese vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao to conduct marine research in its waters. The expedition involved scientists from eight countries and explored the Puysegur Trench. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the consent was in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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4 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says New Zealand is not attending a so-called Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Ukraine and 30 other countries for the summit in Paris on Friday. The group consists of those who had expressed an interest in supporting Ukraine and possibly supplying peace-keeping troops in the event of a ceasefire with Russia.
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1 month ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
The sixth anniversary of Christchurch terror attacks has been marked in the UK Parliament by Scotland's first Muslim MP. Fifty-one worshippers were killed while attending prayers at two mosques in 2019. Dr Zubir Ahmed, who was the MP for Glasgow South West, has told the House of Commons he was moved to tears in the days after the attack by the compassion New Zealand's leaders showed, particularly the Prime Minister at the time, Dame Jacinda Ardern.
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2 months ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
The Secretary General of NATO says he is making the case for increased defence spending across the Indo-Pacific region, including New Zealand. Mark Rutte was questioned at a summit in Brussels about the risks the alliance was facing. He urged NATO allies to lift spending to about 3 percent of their economies, and said China and North Korea remained some of the biggest threats. "What I'm really doing in NATO is to make that push for more spending.
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2 months ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says he's spoken with his Israeli counterpart about the importance of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Both ministers had posted to social media, confirming they shared a phone call on Thursday morning about the situation in Gaza and other regional developments. In his statement, Peters said they discussed "the importance of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the need for its full implementation".
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2 months ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
The daughter of Gisèle Pelicot says she believes her mother would have died had it not been for the courage of others to report her father's crimes. Dominque Pelicot and 50 other men were convicted last month in France of drugging and sexually abusing his wife over more than a decade. Caroline Darian told Nine to Noon if other women had not reported to a security guard that her father was photographing up their skirts in the supermarket, his crimes against her mother would never have been known.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
rnz.co.nz | Niva Chittock
with the ABCIsrael has accused Australia's government of letting anti-Semitism bubble in the country, as Australian Federal Police say they are investigating whether overseas actors have paid local criminals to carry out a growing number of attacks. Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders on Wednesday, after a Sydney childcare centre was set alight and sprayed with anti-Semitic graffiti.
