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    <text>New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins and Philippine defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro sign a visiting forces agreement in Manila. </text>
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      <text>A New Zealand police officer is killed and two others are injured, along with two civilians, in a vehicle-ramming attack during a patrol in Nelson. Police arrest a 32-year-old suspect. </text>
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    <text>A police officer is killed and four other people are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack during a patrol in Nelson, New Zealand. A 32-year-old suspect is arrested. </text>
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      <text>The deputy chief coroner of New Zealand opens an inquest into the shootings to investigate police response times. </text>
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    <text>The deputy chief coroner of New Zealand opens an inquest into the shootings in order to investigate police response times. </text>
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    <text>New Zealand bans the use of Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok on all government devices. </text>
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      <text>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that New Zealand will fully reopen its border on July 31, two months before the government lifts all remaining pandemic restrictions in place. </text>
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    <text>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that New Zealand will fully reopen its borders on July 31, two months before the government lifts all remaining pandemic restrictions. </text>
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      <text>The New Zealand Government announces a new vaccine mandate that would require healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 1 and teachers by January 1, 2022 as the country ditched its &quot;zero-COVID&quot; strategy amid the spread of the Delta variant. </text>
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    <text>The New Zealand Government announces a new vaccine mandate that would require disability and healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 1 and teachers by January 1, 2022, as the country suspends its &quot;zero-COVID&quot; strategy amid the spread of the Delta variant. </text>
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      <text>New Zealand drops elimination strategy to combating COVID-19 in favour of a new model that contains vaccination rates amid persistent outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. </text>
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    <text>New Zealand drops the elimination strategy to combat COVID-19 in favour of a new model that contains vaccination rates amid the continued outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. </text>
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      <text>New Zealand vows to toughen anti-terror laws after seven people were stabbed and wounded yesterday by an ISIL sympathizer in Auckland. </text>
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    <text>New Zealand vows to toughen its anti-terror laws after seven people were stabbed and wounded yesterday by an ISIL sympathizer in Auckland. </text>
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      <text>The New Zealand Government imposes a mandatory requirement for all international travellers to present a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding an aircraft to New Zealand, beginning from January 25. The requirement does not include Australia, Antarctica and most Pacific Island countries. </text>
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    <text>The New Zealand government imposes a mandatory requirement for all travellers to present a negative COVID-19 test result before departing for New Zealand, beginning January 25. This requirement does not include residents of Australia, Antarctica and most Pacific Island countries. </text>
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      <text>A police officer is killed and another seriously injured in a shooting in Massey, New Zealand. This marks the first time a law enforcement officer in New Zealand has been killed in the line of duty since 2009. The shooter fled, injuring a civilian in the process, and is at large. </text>
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    <text>A police officer is killed and another seriously injured in a shooting in Massey, New Zealand. This is the first time a law enforcement officer in New Zealand has been killed in the line of duty since 2009. The shooter fled, injuring a civilian in the process, but he has since been arrested. </text>
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