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New Zealand finds that state and religious institutions failed to prevent or stop decades of abuse

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s wide-ranging independent inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults in care over the span of five decades released a blistering final report Wednesday that the country’s state agencies and churches failed to prevent, stop or admit the abuse of those they were supposed to look after …

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New Zealand will fail to meet 2050 net zero targets, data shows, after climate policies scrapped | New Zealand

New Zealand Scientists say government’s approach to emissions cutting is ‘high risk’ and reliant on ‘immature technologies’ Thu 18 Jul 2024 06.00 BST New Zealand’s ambitious plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is at risk of being derailed, as the government backslides on climate policies, new figures show. In 2019, the Labour government …

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