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NZ PM Jacinda Ardern
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Indonesian riot police crackdown on UNCEN students.
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New Zealand's "Shot Bro" pop-up covid vaccination bus
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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