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I visited Frankfurt and Helsinki last week. There is always a stirring sense of anxiety when you go to a new place, especially one where you don’t speak the language and are unfamiliar with how everything works. It’s a weird combination of excitement about experiencing something new and the instinctive fear of the same. Underlying all that is a soft static of irritation that not everything works the same way it does back home. I mean, why in the world do other countries use rounded electric outlets at 220 volts? At least, there are Burger King and McDonald's restaurants aplenty.

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Winston Peters to deliver speech to New Zealand China Council after China remark about Bob Carr

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will deliver a speech to the New Zealand China Council today, just over 24 hours after he made a remark about former...

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Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah , where hundreds of thousands of...

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Job cuts take toll as unemployment rises to highest level in three years

The official unemployment rate was 4.3 per cent in the March 2024 quarter, compared with 4 per cent in the previous quarter, according to figures just...

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Princess Charlotte birthday: Will Prince William and Princess Kate release photo

Just one week after her brother’s sixth birthday, Princess Charlotte celebrates her own birthday today, with many royalists eagerly anticipating the release...

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How the Labour Party is rebuilding after election defeat

With Labour having had just over six months in Opposition after six years in Government, Audrey Young looks at how the party is trying to rebuild. Despite a...

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Cost of living: Bay of Plenty tertiary students relying on charities for food

A line of students snakes around the table piled high with food. They know the drill and bring bags to fill. Breads, meats and dairy products — the process...

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'It's just agony': A suburban family mourns nearly 200 Gaza relatives

Adam and Ola Abo Sheriah absorb a loss few of their friends and neighbours in New Jersey can imagine, and scramble to help surviving family members in Gaza...

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The Conversation: Will NZ's school phone ban work? Let's see what it does for students' curiosity

With the coalition Government’s ban on student mobile phones in New Zealand schools coming into effect this week, reaction has ranged from the sceptical...

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Auckland boy 'T.J.' missing since April 11, police appeal for information

Auckland police are appealing for information on a missing 9-year-old boy who was last seen just before the April school holidays. Police said T.J., who was...

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