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Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has today announced the appointment of Abbe Anderson as National Commissioner.

Announcing this permanent appointment, Te Whatu Ora Chief Executive Fepuleai Margie Apa said Abbe Anderson brings diverse experience across hospital and primary care, including two decades leading complex system reforms.

Abbe comes to us from Brisbane where she worked with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, supporting the development of community-led commissioning frameworks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She is also a director on the boards of Beyond Blue, Australia's most recognised mental health charity, and the Sunshine Coast Hospital & Health Service, serving a population of around 460,000 people.

While Chief Executive of the Brisbane North Primary Health Network (PHN), Abbe successfully led the organisation through two significant government reforms to transition from a Division of General Practice to a Medicare Local and then to a PHN that commissions primary care services for a population of more than one million people.

Abbe is passionate about equity and I am delighted to have her in this role.

In her new position, Abbe will lead the strategic development and management of a commissioning system, delivering community and primary care and integrating with hospital and specialist services to meet the priorities of Te Pae Tata New Zealand Health Plan. Concurrently, Abbe will work in close partnership with Te Aka Whai Ora Mori Health Authority in joint ventures or co-commissioning to improve access, and outcomes, for Mori.

Margie Apa also acknowledged Keriana Brooking for her service as the Interim National Commissioner.

Keriana has worked hard to set up the new national commissioning function and ensure Te Whatu Ora is well placed for the new permanent appointee.

Abbe Anderson takes up her new role on 12 September.

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New Zealand exporters are faring quite well despite turbulence in world trade. Photo / File

Trade expert Stephen Jacobi says New Zealand exporters - aided by strong demand from China - have held up well despite a "messy" world trade environment.

Jacobi, speaking at a presentation put on by the newly listed trade software specialist, Trade Window, gave a rundown on the current state of play with global trade.

"What can I say it's messy out there," Jacobi, executive director of the NZ International Business Forum, said.

"Exporters are today facing unprecedented challenges in getting their products to market and into the hands of discerning consumers who want them.

"The global economy is in a funk.

"The pandemic is by no means over, there is war in Europe - who would have thought we would be using that phrase in the 21st century - global markets are disrupted by supply chain bottlenecks, inflation is taking its toll on the global economy and people around the world are hungry.

"We have [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's abominable invasion of Ukraine to blame for this even before the global economy has recovered from the pandemic, the war has ruined any chances of an early recovery."

In July the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released what it described as a "gloomy and uncertain forecast".

The IMF said world growth was expected to slow from an estimated 6.1 per cent last year to 3.2 per cent in 2022 and 2.9 per cent in 2023.

Last October, the IMF was forecasting growth for 2022 of 4.9 per cent.

Global trade had dropped by 5 per cent in 2020 but had grown by 9.8 per cent last year.

Now the World Trade Organisation was forecasting growth of 3 per cent because of the war.

"Against this backdrop, New Zealand's exports have held up remarkably well, at least in terms of value. Exports were up 6 per cent last year but trade volumes have been slipping.

"Both exports and imports remain hampered by bottlenecks at our ports and an exponential rise in shipping rates which makes getting products to and from market exceptionally difficult and expensive."

He said thankfully, exports to China were up 21 per cent by value last year and still growing despite the economic slowdown and continuing lockdowns in that country.

"That growth, and China's increasing assertiveness on the world stage, is causing some, especially in Government, to question whether we are over-dependent on China and should seek to diversify.

"That's a fair enough question to ask, but it probably has as much if not more to do with geopolitics than economics.

"Clearly in a highly contested and unstable global environment the political risks of doing business around the world are growing and exporters need to keep a watchful eye on this and look especially to consolidate their relationships in key markets."

Jacobi said trade diversification was "a lot easier to talk about than do".

Much would depend on the availability of alternative markets, with market access a particular problem for New Zealand.

The recent free trade agreement with the UK was a case in point.

"It is undoubtedly one of the best we have concluded, giving significant new market access for all goods and services of export interest," Jacobi said.

The recently concluded NZ-EU free trade agreement (FTA) gave new access for a range of products but not at all for dairy and meat, New Zealand's two biggest export sectors.

Jacobi said neither FTA would replace China "it is simply a question of market demand".

"FTAs remain important, but we need to look at other instruments to fuel our export drive."

Jacobi said digital technology was transforming economies and had the capacity to speed the movement of goods through supply chains, reduce costs and promote the development of a new "weight-less" economy through new digitally delivered services.

New Zealand and Australia were investing in arrangements to provide a new architecture for digital trade New Zealand through the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (Depa), which was attracting new interest around the region.

Software tech startup Trade Window was listed on the NZX last November at a 25 per cent premium, giving it a market capitalisation of $99m.

On debut, the company, which provides digital solutions for exporters, importers, freight forwarders and customs brokers, increased its share price trade to $1.15, up from its 92c reference price.

Trade Window traded on the NZX today at 68c.

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Damien O'Connor said minor players and those keen to grow the volume or value of exports need opportunities. Photo / Mark Mitchell

New Zealand's dairy export quota allocation system is to be reviewed for the first time since it was set up 15 years ago, with the aim of maximising value from new FTAs and giving new, innovative players the chance to play in the big league.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor told the Herald the review would get underway with industry consultation late this year.

"It's timely to look at the whole dairy industry. DIRA (Dairy Industry Restructure Act) is being amended to make adjustment for Fonterra (capital restructure), we have negotiated free trade agreements, we have more exporters and independent dairy processors and we probably have reached peak milk.

"So with the volume of raw material we have, we have to be assured we are assisting those who want to maximise the value of it."

Dairy export revenue hit a record $22.1 billion in the year to June 2022.

New dairy quotas would become available under recently negotiated FTAs with the UK and the European Union and would present new opportunities for exporters, he said.

Dairy export quota allocations are set each year by the Ministry for Primary Industries and allocated to eligible processors proportional to the milk they collect from farmers.

To be eligible, processors must collect at least 0.1 per of New Zealand's total milk solids.

New Zealand produced 1.91 billion kilograms of milksolids or 21 billion litres of milk in 2021.

Fonterra, New Zealand's biggest business and the world's largest dairy exporter, could be expected to have the lion's share of quota allocation given the volume it processed.

"But for minor players and those who might be looking to grow either the volume of their exports or the value, we've got to create some opportunities," O'Connor said.

MPI can't offer a volume figure for quota allocation because it said there was a diversity of quotas which covered different products and each had different maximum volumes.

New quotas with additional volumes and products would be added as a result of the successful negotiation of FTAs with the UK and EU.

Utilisation of quotas varied considerably by year and by destination, reflecting changing market conditions in both the destination countries and other countries where New Zealand processors export to, the ministry said.

New Zealand and the UK are completing processes for the UK-NZ FTA to be ratified. The dairy quotas under the new FTA would initially be allocated under the current quota allocation mechanism outlined in DIRA.

It's expected New Zealand and the EU could sign that new FTA in 2023, with entry into force possible in 2024.

"We'll be looking at the mechanisms for quota allocation to ensure the settings are right to promote innovation and to provide security as well for those who have invested in the markets and in products for particular markets where there are quotas," O'Connor said.

Any prospective legislation change would be initiated after consultation, which would not be rushed, O'Connor said.

"This is not urgent but it is necessary and so we are not going to be held to clear timelines ... we will make sure we consider it very carefully and objectively.

"It (the consultation) will be open, we are not going to close down opportunities to have input into this.

"These are valuable market opportunities through negotiated quota access and we have to protect the integrity of that access and quality of products that take up those opportunities."

The quota allocation system was established in 2007, initiated by then-agriculture minister Jim Anderton.

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The man moved to New Zealand after researching safe countries for homosexuals to live in. Photo / 123rf

A homosexual Muslim who was told to "take medicine to cure his gayness" has been granted refugee status in New Zealand.

The decision from the Immigration and Protection Tribunal comes after his first application was declined because the tribunal didn't believe he faced a real chance of serious harm if he returned to India.

The Indian national, 32, first moved to New Zealand in 2018 after his ex-wife learnt about his sexuality and outed him to his family and community.

The man who has name suppression, claims to have no internal protection available to him in India. He fears discrimination and violence from members of his community and Muslim political parties.

He told the tribunal how New Zealand became an option for him after researching what countries were supportive of homosexuals.

"I looked on websites to try and find a country supportive of gay people. In 2018 I made an application for a New Zealand visitor visa. I was declined, so I submitted another, including false financial information and was approved."

He arrived in New Zealand and made a refugee and protection claim four weeks later.

His first application for refugee status through the Refugee Status Unit (RSU) was declined because the tribunal believed he didn't face serious harm if he was to return to India.

"In India, the man may encounter discrimination, harassment and hostility in some areas of life ... however, the chance of him suffering discrimination at a level of intensity and/or frequency to amount to serious harm does not reach the level of a real chance."

"It is not established that any exclusion would be a violation of the man's right to religion and a private life," the 2019 decision read.

After he appealed against the tribunal's decision, and had that declined too, he decided to accept his fate and telephoned his brother to tell him of his return to India.

But his brother told him "that if he was still gay," then he should not return home.

"My brother told me that members of Muslim political parties thought I had abused the laws of Islam, they told him they would find me through their networks and had circulated my photograph nationally ..."

"The reaction of the community would be dangerous, four people have been killed by political parties in the last two months," he said.

"My family and community cannot accept my homosexuality, it is against their Muslim identity, if I tried to come home I wouldn't be accepted."

The man gave evidence of an incident that occurred in late 2017 when he had returned to his hometown after his ex-wife had found him messaging and engaging in sexual relationships with men.

"I was apprehended by police in a park in my home city with another gay man, I was taken to the police station and was verbally abused."

"We were released after six hours, this is when I believe my local community learnt about my sexuality."

The man also told the tribunal that no one except the president of the Mosque knew about his sexuality in New Zealand.

"The president told me that I could still attend Mosque but that I shouldn't tell anyone of my sexuality."

"He told me to cancel my doctor because there was a medicine to cure gayness."

Senior lecturer in the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University Dr Negar Partow told the tribunal how a person of this culture is born Muslim and has no right to convert or to reject it.

"Gay Muslims must therefore ignore or hide one or the other pillars of their identity."

"One of the most educated states in India considers same-sex intercourse to be similar to their views of adultery, whereas a married person may be stoned to death if caught," she said in a report to the tribunal.

"He would have to live in an environment in which regular and severe discrimination becomes an integrated part of his everyday life."

Member of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal Annabel Clayton said that if the man was made to hide his sexuality, he would become deprived of a meaningful private life and it would cause serious harm.

"Wherever he might choose to live in India, he remains a homosexual man who belongs to a religion that is overwhelmingly opposed to same-sex relationships."

"To fit into the community he would have to hide his sexuality, he has a well-founded fear of being persecuted in India."

"This man is to be recognised as a refugee under the Refugee Convention," Clayton ruled.

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Each anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales death invites us to explore her lasting impact on culture, style, and Buckingham Palace itself but what role did the 1983 Royal Tour of New Zealand play in her legacy?

Arriving with Prince Charles on April 17, 1983, the newlyweds visit was supposed to be business as usual - but Dianas only visit to Aotearoa would shape the Royal family for a generation.

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20 April 1983: The iconic buzzy bee shot, on the ground of Government House, Auckland.

Arriving at the heart of Dianamania, the trip contained more drama (and iconic looks ) than The Crown could ever depict.

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Upon her return to England, Diana would tell royal biographer Andrew Morton that she was a "different person".

But it wasnt the thousands (upon thousands) of handshakes or the bright camera bulbs that changed Diana it was the discovery of her star power, cementing the young royal as a force to be reckoned with within Buckingham Palace.

Already, the tour was no routine Windsor journey at this stage, the royal celebrity era had begun, and the tour was designed with military precision, every day packed with processions, polo matches, powhiri, and photocalls.

The trip was an opportunity to escape the family fishbowl, as 21-year-old Dianas first overseas royal tour, and the couples first official trip.

Together, they represented the new generation of royals, one who did things differently.

The trip was memorable as a bellwether event for the couples marriage and the royal family itself signalling Dianas sense of steel, as she broke with royal protocol and refused to leave 10-month-old William in England.

This would lead to arguably the most iconic shot from the tour; Diana, Charles, and William playing with a buzzy bee toy on the lawns of Government House, Auckland.

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Waiheke Island resident Joan Kirk gets one chance to snap Diana, Princess of Wales, on her visit to New Zealand in 1983. The princess is talking to a group of school children at Eden Park.

Newly married, it was a period of media obsession with Diana; Charles acknowledged in his speech at Government House that no one could face a phalanx of photographers and come up victorious like his wife.

Not only the most photogenic royal, but also the most charming, Dianas public appearances created what royal biographer and commentator Tina Brown famously dubbed a bubble bath of national goodwill.

The bath might have drained since then, but Dianas magnetism and lightning-in-a-bottle charisma worked: a cartoon in the Melbourne Herald showed a map of Australia imprinted with a giant heart with the caption, Princess Diana. A permanent imprint!

The tour was not without detractors: as the pair arrived at the Royal Gala, a dollop of red paint was thrown onto the windscreen of their Rolls-Royce, and protester Dun Mihaka mooned Lady Diana as they arrived at the Paraparaumu air field.

Biographers like Brown and Horton note that Dianas wide appeal was misunderstood by the narrow minds of Windsor.

In a sense, Diana couldnt win Buckingham Palace was upset with her having upstaged the Prince at every event, something Charles joked about in his New Zealand speeches.

With the media attention came a lot of jealousy. A great deal of complicated situations arose because of that, Diana said in a 1995 BBC interview.

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Princess Diana and Prince Charles watch Prime Minister Rob Muldoon present them with a New Zealand crafted kingfisher.

At first glance, the optics of the Royal Tour seem straightforward and simple.

But Buckingham Palace had a single-minded mission behind the tour: they needed to persuade the increasingly Republican Australian government, led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke, that the Crown still held real appeal.

Weeks before the tour, Hawke had already scrapped God Save the Queen as the national anthem, replacing it with Advance Australia Fair.

It was an important mission, and the Palace was nervous: The Queen is terribly worried before the tour because of Dianas youth and apparent shyness, wrote the Press Associations royal correspondent, Grania Forbes, at the time.

But the case for the monarchy was delivered in no small part thanks to Dianas trademark magnetism; as New Zealand High Commissioner Sir Richard Stratton to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote: Princess Dianas clothes and homely (in the best, English sense) gestures towards children and Prince Charless witty speeches won particular acclaim.

During the visit, Diana and Charles visited Auckland, Wellington, Whanganui, Masterton, Christchurch, and Gisborne, waving to oceans of fans and enjoying their swelling popularity.

Arriving in Auckland on April 17, 1983, and leaving NZ two weeks later, their time in the country included a gala ballet at St James, a performance of Funky Town at Eden Park, a visit to Prince Edward on his gap year to Whanganui Collegiate, and a banquet at Government House in Wellington, hosted by Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.

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Sir David and Lady Beattie farewell the Prince (obscured) and Princess Diana at Auckland International Airport, New Zealand.

Indeed, the latter was a lightning rod occasion for the media with police officers drawn into a tug-of-war by anti-monarchy protests, Charles applauding the New Zealand governments support for the Falklands, and an unusually avuncular Muldoon escorting schoolgirls with flowers down Lambton Quay.

Diana appears visibly moved by the powhiri (in contrast to the episode of The Crown, where the show presents the traditional Maori performance as a disorienting episode to reflect Dianas inner distress and turmoil).

This contrasts to Prince Charles smoothness with such affairs; when he visited younger brother Prince Edward doing his gap year at Whanganui Collegiate, the young Prince was adorned in a Maori cloak, famously prompting Charles to question: "What on earth are you wearing?

Its been 25 years since the world lost Diana, Princess of Wales the peoples princess.

The trip is bittersweet for what it doesnt show, and what the young married couple cannot know: that decades later, their particular model of the British monarchy would become a relic, and that the young royals would be in the headlines for less auspicious reasons.

But beyond the TV specials, the documentaries, the conspiracies, the memoirs, the embargoes and the sorrows, what we ought to remember is what the young princess showed so much of on her New Zealand tour; her sparkling charm, her capacity for joy, and her unparalleled style.

In a career flecked with protocol-breaking, Dianas ruptures with tradition on the Royal Tour set the stage for a new generation, allowing them to create their own rules.

The newsreels of Dianas 1983 New Zealand tour the one with over 200 outfits, a 100-plus British press pack, and one buzzy bee show just how well she connected to the public, how she endeared herself to legions of fans.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio While bands in the United States were forced to perform virtual shows or refrain from live performances altogether in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, it was a different scene in New Zealand.

Thanks to the countrys famously strict lockdowns early-on in the diseases spread, bands were able to play out when the rest of the music world hit pause and indie-rock standout The Beths was one of them. The band, named after singer-guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, went on a tour in late 2020, performed at Christmastime festivals in its home country and even released a live album, Auckland, New Zealand, 2020, from one of the shows.

We were pretty lucky for a long time, Stokes said. Omicron caught up in late 2021, so New Zealand is in a similar boat to the rest of the world now. Luckily, the vaccination rate is very high.

Just this month, New Zealand finally fully opened its borders for the first time since 2020 but The Beths have already been traveling around the world, supporting its 2020 album Jump Rope Gazers and its upcoming album Expert in a Dying Field.

The bands tour is set to reach the Grog Shop for a show on Thursday, Aug. 11, with support from Rosie Tucker. Tickets, $10-$20 are still available to the concert on Grog Shops website.

The new tunes were flavored by the pandemic, but Stokes doesnt call Expert in a Dying Field a pandemic album. Here, expect the bands consistent upbeat approach to indie-rock fitting for energizing live shows.

It would be difficult not to have the last couple of years leak into whatever art you make. Even if you specifically were avoiding it, it would still affect the way people listening to it would experience it. So definitely its there, Stokes said. What we knew we wanted was an album that we could picture playing live, touring and really having fun with. We realized how important the live experience is to us.

Though some songs from Expert will be shared at the Grog Shop show, expect more of a focus on the bands earlier releases 2018s stellar Future Me Hates Me and 2020s dynamic Jump Rope Gazers.

Were conscious that this is our first show in Cleveland since 2019, so were making sure to play a good selection from the last album too, and plenty of first album faves, Stokes said. It should hopefully be a well-rounded smorgasbord.

As for The Beths current tour which has brought the group around the globe in recent months the band feels right at home while on the road, especially after the past few harrowing years.

It just feels right. Its super busy and exhausting, but in the best way, Stokes said. We feel like penguins whove been on land for the last couple of years, and now were back in the sea. We just need to avoid leopard seals.

Find more information about The Beths upcoming Cleveland show at grogshop.gs.

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New Zealand has a research ticket to work on the International Space Station.

The country partnered with commercial research company Axiom Space on July 28 to fly experiments on future missions with the Houston-based company.

"We at Axiom Space are pleased to partner with Aotearoa [the original Maori name for New Zealand] to offer new access to space and create opportunities for companies, scientists and researchers," Michael Suffredini, Axiom's president and CEO, said in a July 28 statement (opens in new tab).

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New Zealand will focus on manufacturing and biotechnology on the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of the agreement, which includes research teams from the University of Canterbury and the University of Auckland.

The new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Axiom appears to be part of the country's ongoing expansion of work in space. In 2021, New Zealand was the 11th country to sign the Artemis Accords, a set of international agreements governing future lunar exploration under NASA's leadership.

New Zealand signed on to the accords, focused on lunar exploration through the Artemis program that aims to put boots on the surface, to discuss space resource management on the moon. (NASA plans to mine moon waterto bring down the cost and complication of long-term settlement of the moon.)

Institutions in New Zealand will use the MOU with Axiom for matters such as drug and vaccine development, along with an artificial intelligence system meant to simplify clinical decision-making, the statement said.

"Initiating development to help manage astronaut health, the tool could help health professionals assess health risks and treatment planning when they are very remote from patient locations, such as those in space or in Antarctica," Axiom and New Zealand officials wrote. "Axiom Space will contribute in-space operational experience to the study, with the New Zealand team providing computational, medical, and human performance expertise."

Axiom Space, founded in 2016, ran the first ever private research mission on the ISS earlier in 2022. The mission, called Ax-1, flew three paying space tourists and a retired NASA astronaut to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

As the company prepares to launch more missions already approved by NASA, Axiom has ambitious plans to create new structures to attach to the orbital outpost many of them dedicated to research. When the space station is decommissioned (which is expected to happen in the early 2030s), these structures will collectively detach as a self-sufficient private space station in low Earth orbit.

Axiom Space's first module is scheduled to reach the space station sometime in late 2024, according to the company's website (opens in new tab).

Prior to New Zealand, Axiom signed similar MOUs with Italy, Hungary, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including bringing Emirati astronaut Sultan AlNeyadifor the first Arab nation long-duration mission on the ISS in spring 2023.

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Coast House is a minimalist retreat in the heart of New Zealands South Island

Stacey Farrells contemporary retreat is a stealthy passive design that keeps a low profile amidst the natural splendour ofNew Zealands wild south coast

This low-energy retreat, the Coast House,sits between two of New Zealands most spectacular areas, the Fiordland National Park and the sparsely populated, densely forested Catlins. Fiordand is the countrys largest national park at nearly 5,000 square miles. It occupies a substantial chunk of the most westerly part of South Island, while the Catlins lie on the south coast.

A terrace opens off the main living space

Building anything in proximity to these remote wildernesses presents a significant challenge.

The climate is relentless, with very high annual rainfall and moisture-laden winds blowing in from the Tasman Sea.

The Coast House is nestled into the landscape

Stacey Farrell designed the Coast House to Passive House standards, embracing a sustainable architecture approach and ensuring it was highly insulated to minimise the amount of energy it consumed.

Modestly sized, its set low into the scrub, close to sand dunes on a site sprinkled with wind-blasted trees.

The aim was to keep things low and work with the landscape, the architect explains, pointing out how the materials palette is kept simple and unadorned.

The Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs) used to create the internal walls havebeen meticulously hand-stained and left unadorned, rather than covered over, for example.

The exterior is finished with low-maintenance cladding that slopes towards a water-collection system, as well as keeping the structure out of the winds.

It also makes the dark house hard to see from the surrounding landscape.

Inside, there are two cocoon-like bedrooms and an open-plan kitchen living area, heated by a wood burner.

The dining table doubles up as kitchen island and table tennis table, complete with hand-stitched leather net, for when the weather keeps you indoors.

The build process avoided as many complications as possible. The house sits on driven timber piles, theoretically allowing it to be moved if required. If sea levels rise, or if coastal erosion in this little pocket of the world becomes an issue, Farrell says.

Inside, the SIPs have been left exposed, with rooms sized to make use of single panels without any additional cuts or wastage. Reclaimed timber is also used wherever possible.

Farrell has practised for over 20 years, building up a portfolio of modest, hard-wearing houses that have garnered a clutch of awards in her native New Zealand.

Based in Queenstown, her studio is committed to using modern materials in a minimal way, often working on dramatic sites that require careful approaches to design and energy use.

The main bedroom

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New Zealand take on the Netherlands in a two-match T20I series after clean sweeping Scotland in a T20I series. The first T20I will be played on August 4 at the Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague. The second T20I will be played at the same venue on August 5. This is a short series and the games will be played on back-to-back days.

The Kiwis played a T20I series against Scotland and beat them in all three games. New Zealand defeatedScotlandin the 1st T20I by 68 runs, 2nd T20I by 102 runs, and 3rd T20I by 7 wickets.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands are yet to play a T20I game this year. They played an ODI series against England earlier this year which was their last international assignment. They lost the 1st ODI by 232 runs, 2nd ODI by 6 wickets, and 3rd ODI by 8 wickets. The Netherlands and New Zealand have only played 1 T20I game with each other so far which was won by New Zealand.

The Kiwis will be led by Mitchell Santner as Kane Williamson continues to rest ahead of the T20 World Cup. Martin Guptill, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson and Santner himself form the core of the side without the other senior players.

In India

Fan Code will live stream the New Zealand Tour of Netherlands 2022 for Indian fans.

In the Caribbean

In the Caribbean islands (West Indies), SportsMax will present the live telecast of the NED vs NZ and T20I series. Flow Sports will present the live streaming of the matches.

In Australia

In Australia, Fox Sports and Channel 7 will present the live telecast of the matches between the Netherlands and New Zealand.

In New Zealand

In New Zealand, SKY Sport NZ will present a live telecast of the matches between the Netherlands and New Zealand.

In South Africa

In South Africa, SuperSport will present the live telecast of the New Zealand Tour of the Netherlands.

In USA and Canada

In the USA, Willow TV will present the live telecast of the series. In Canada, ATN Cricket Plus will present the live-action of matches.

In the UK

In United Kingdon, Sky Sports Cricket will present the live-action of New Zealand Tour of the Netherlands.

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New Zealand will continue to cooperate on shared interests with China, even as tensions increase in the region and China grows more assertive in the pursuit of its interests, Jacinda Ardern has said.

Speaking to the China Business Summit in Auckland on Monday, the prime minister said she was planning a trip to China to seize new opportunities for dialogue, support the trade relationship, and further cooperate on the climate crisis.

Even as China becomes more assertive in the pursuit of its interests, there are still shared interests on which we can and should cooperate, she said.

The prime ministers speech comes during a tense period for the Indo-Pacific, with western allies concerned about Chinas push for influence, particularly its proposed regional Pacific security deal. Ardern called for Beijing to respect and support the institutions that she said undergirded regional and international peace and stability.

Both New Zealand and China had been major beneficiaries of relative peace, stability and prosperity The rules, norms and institutions, such as the United Nations, that underlie that stability and prosperity remain indispensable, Ardern said, but are also under threat.

We see how much we have to lose should the international rules-based system falter, she said.

The speech was closely wedded to the party line of Arderns second-term governments foreign policy. The policy has emphasised respect, consistency, and predictability in dealings with China: essentially, that the government will continue to cooperate and work closely with China on mutually beneficial matters, particularly trade, while calling out differences typically on foreign policy and human rights.

That balancing act has, at times, been a difficult one to manage. New Zealand remains highly dependent on China for trade the country is its largest trading partner, accounting for 23% of total trade and 32% of goods exports.

But as Chinas economic importance to New Zealand has grown, ideological differences with Beijing have become increasingly stark, with reports of severe human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Beijings push into the Pacific and South China Sea, and erosion of democracy in Hong Kong.

In response to increasing tensions or risks in the region be they in the Pacific, the South China Sea, or the Taiwan Strait New Zealands position remains consistent we call for adherence to international rules and norms; for diplomacy, de-escalation and dialogue rather than threats, force and coercion, Ardern said.

Our differences need not define us. But we cannot ignore them. This will mean continuing to speak out on some issues sometimes with others and sometimes alone, she said.

We have done this recently on issues in the Pacific. We also have consistently expressed our concerns about economic coercion, human rights, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong.

One of the prime ministers primary examples of faltering institutions and norms was Putins war on Ukraine, and she called on China to to be clear that it does not support the Russian invasion and to use its access and influence to help bring an end to the conflict.

Over the past year, the Pacific has become an arena for broader geopolitical competition: with increasing interest from China, the US has also been looking to beef up its connections and alliances in the region.

Following Arderns speech on Monday, the commander of the US military in the Pacific said he wanted to expand and strengthen its ties with New Zealand.

Adm John Aquilino, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, was in Wellington to meet top New Zealand defence force and government officials.

Our partnership runs very deep, Aquilino said. We are doing many things together to continue to ensure peace and prosperity for both of our nations and for all the nations in the region.

He said the leadership of Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific was critically important.

In June, the US signed Partners in the Blue Pacific, a cooperation agreement between Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the UK, and US.

The United States has been a Pacific nation our entire life. We will continue to operate in the Pacific no matter what else you might hear, Aquilino said.

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