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Benedict Collins

@nzbenedict

Political reporter 1News

 Wellington City, New Zealand
Joined April 2014
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Russell Brown@publicaddress13 Aug 2024
Just a moment to note that the only reason these meth-containing lollies were identified and the alarm was swiftly sounded was *because there is accessible drug-checking in the community*. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35037753…

Urgent hunt for meth-laced lollies distributed in Auckland City Mission food parcels

The drugs were discovered when a parcel recipient reported "funny tasting" lollies.Now police are investigating.

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Federated Farmers is publicly accusing MPI of spreading misinformation about a Southland farm at the centre of an animal welfare investigation....in order to appease activists. Feds simultaneously say there's no story here 🤔 open.spotify.com/episode/25v…
The Muster- Jason Herrick: When Winter Grazing Becomes Fake News

The Muster- Jason Herrick: When Winter Grazing Becomes Fake News

The Muster on Hokonui · Episode

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For example: Fed Farmers say it's not true that seven cows had to be euthanaised on the property - rather it was seven calves. 1news.co.nz/2024/07/26/south…
Southland dairy farmer facing prosecution for animal welfare offences

Southland dairy farmer facing prosecution for animal welfare offences

It comes after video of his cows wading through thick, deep mud sparked a ministry investigation.

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Um wow ok forget Tenacious D, I just heard what N.W.A. said about the police. I won't repeat it here, but it was certainly not complimentary 😠
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@GuardianUS31 May 2024
British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at embassy employee theguardian.com/world/articl…

British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at embassy employee

Clip on social media showed Jon Benjamin aiming assault rifle at colleague in region rife with drug gangs

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Laura Walters@WaltersLaura24 Apr 2024
.@NewsroomNZ’s very own @SamSachdevaNZ is Top News in Taiwan
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@AFP23 Apr 2024
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance just months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics but were still allowed to compete - what we know so far ⬇️ u.afp.com/5dSj #AFPSports
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James@james_briggsy22 Apr 2024
A guy did the London Marathon and had a different wine at each mile! That’s something I can get onboard with
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Marja Lubeck@MarjaLubeck18 Mar 2024
When in 2020, the longest serving National party MP made comments likening Parliament to a Nazi establishment, @nzbenedict caught me in the hallway and asked for a comment. I said that if my grandparents were alive they could let him know what a Nazi establishment really was like
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“They’re pieces of shit”: Towies say impounding cars under new fleeing driver policy will leave them out of pocket 1news.co.nz/2024/02/17/towie…
Towies raise cost concerns of impounding cars under new policy

Towies raise cost concerns of impounding cars under new policy

Tow truck drivers say they'll be left out of pocket under the new fleeing drivers policy, as the number of abandoned impounded vehicles soars.

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it's happening!
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@guardiannews6 Nov 2023
Guests at Bored Ape event in Hong Kong struck by vision problems dlvr.it/SyTLsw
Guests at Bored Ape event in Hong Kong struck by vision problems

Guests at Bored Ape event in Hong Kong struck by vision problems

More than a dozen attenders of NFT group’s festival, which used ultraviolet light, complained of ‘eye burn’ on social media

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@TheOnion2 Nov 2023
The Onion Shares Its Social Media Guidelines For Reporters bit.ly/47cRaVF
The Onion Shares Its Social Media Guidelines For Reporters

The Onion Shares Its Social Media Guidelines For Reporters

Many of America’s lesser newsrooms have recently grappled with setting guidelines for reporters’ use of social media, wary of staffers expressing their personal beliefs and compromising their...

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Invictus@TBPInvictus31 Oct 2023
People insist on comparing other cities to NY. It’s a fool’s errand, especially around Halloween.
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Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal30 Sep 2023
The littlest beneficiaries. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol
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Helen Clark
@HelenClarkNZ19 Sep 2023
Leaked document reveals that UK Govt ignored 2016 report from advisers to decriminalise possession of drugs for personal use. It then battled for years to suppress its release. Evidence & #humanrights should guide drug policy. @globalcdp @IDPCnet theguardian.com/politics/202…

UK drug advisers recommended decriminalising possession in 2016, leak reveals

Exclusive: Guardian has seen copy of 27-page report that Home Office attempted to keep confidential

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National leader Christopher Luxon shifts into gear on the campaign trail
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It’s poll day @1NewsNZ
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ACT loses another candidate just weeks out from election 1news.co.nz/2023/09/09/act-l…
ACT loses another candidate just weeks out from election

ACT loses another candidate just weeks out from election

It means five ACT candidates have now withdrawn in recent weeks.

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ACT candidate who compared vaccine mandates to concentration camps quits 1news.co.nz/2023/08/23/act-c…

ACT candidate who compared vaccine mandates to concentration camps quits

ACT leader David Seymour said he found the comments "unacceptable".

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