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Features Former NZ Prime Minister confirmed as head of UNDP Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has been appointed as head of the United Nations Development Program. The appointment follows a unanimous vote by the UN General Assembly yesterday. Clark will take up the role by April 20, replacing current UNDP Adminstrator Kemal Dervis.  » Full story Royal Commission recommends single council for Auckland The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance has recommended that Auckland, New Zealand's existing local governments be abolished and replaced with a single body.  » Full story Getting the exclusive lowdown on The Lowdown The Lowdown is a youth-targeted website aimed at helping young New Zealanders getting through depression and other mental illnesses, and to curb New Zealand's high suicide rates. Wikinews spoke to the manager about this.  » Full story	National 10 May 2023: Wikinews previews the 2008 Australian rules football International Cup 10 May 2023: UK remembers end of World War II sixty years on 10 May 2023: King of Tonga dies, aged 88 9 May 2023: First NASA TROPICS satellites launch to monitor tropical storms 26 January 2023: "Energized and excited": Chris Hipkins becomes 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand 12 February 2022: US warns its citizens to leave Ukraine as Russia could invade 'anytime' 24 November 2021: New Zealand raises interest rates in second straight month to 0.75% 3 September 2021: At least six injured after stabbing in New Zealand supermarket 4 June 2021: 'Each makes the other more difficult to recover from': University of Sussex professor L. Alan Winters speaks to Wikinews on trade, COVID-19, Brexit 4 March 2021: Three earthquakes hit off New Zealand's coastal areas, residents warned to avoid coast 4 February 2021: New Zealand announces new Matariki public holiday 6 November 2019: Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group 12 September 2019: Sitting Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva dies aged 78 16 March 2019: New Zealand mosque murder suspect appears in court at Christchurch 24 November 2015: Ferry MV Suilven sinks in Suva, Fiji	World Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel On Saturday, Iran launched a volley of over 300 projectiles, including missiles and drones, at Israel marking a significant escalation in the long-standing tensions between the two countries. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more... 16 April 2024: Holyday of wandering mzungu, presentation of the book by Russian adventurer took place in the Crimean capital 15 April 2024: Bargi plant in central Italy felt with explosion 15 April 2024: Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel 15 April 2024: Biden, Trump win primaries in five more states, setting the stage for a rematch 12 April 2024: Ecuadorian police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito
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