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New Zealand's foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, will leave for China on Tuesday to meet her counterpart Qin Gang on the first such visit by a New Zealand minister since 2019.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins reiterated the country's condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a call with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister said late on Tuesday.

Air New Zealand finally launched a flight that has been put off for nearly two years.

The New Hope mining company pushed for 14 years to expand the New Acland mine near the Queensland town of Oakey. Now it's been approved, but some locals say they'll fight it "like a mongrel dog".

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that even "as China becomes more assertive in the pursuit of its interests", there are still shared interests that the two countries can and should co-operate on.

New Zealanders are required to wear masks in supermarkets and shopping malls as the country battles its second wave of Omicron infections, but experts want the government to go even further.

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Premier's first overseas trip in the role is being overshadowed by two inquiries, one investigating former deputy premier John Barilaro's appointment to a US trade role, and the other, an ICAC investigation into Drummoyne MP John Sidoti's alleged corruption.

The investigation of the soon-to-resign Chief Judge of New York can continue.