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Andrew Macfarlane

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UGG trademark battle gets ugly, as shoe company files lawsuit

UGG trademark battle gets ugly, as shoe company files lawsuit

1 NEWS — A battle over UGG boots in Australia has just got a whole lot uglier. Eddie Oygur, the founder and owner of his family business Australian Leather, is being sued by the American company Deckers. They own the trademark for 'UGG' in more than 130 countries, including the United States, where Eddie sold several pairs of his boots.
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Dozens of NZ's diplomatic staffers have contracted Covid-19 since pandemic began

Dozens of NZ's diplomatic staffers have contracted Covid-19 since pandemic began

1 NEWS — Numbers released exclusively to 1 NEWS reveal how many of New Zealand's diplomatic staff, serving overseas, have tested positive for Covid-19. Since the start of the pandemic, 56 people working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have contracted the virus. Eight of those are currently classed as "active cases".
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Expert warns New Zealand may need to pick a side as Australia-China tensions ramp up

Expert warns New Zealand may need to pick a side as Australia-China tensions ramp up

1 NEWS — It comes after Australia's home affairs secretary claimed the "drums of war" are beating in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Big queues inside Sydney Airport as travellers wait to board planes to Auckland

Big queues inside Sydney Airport as travellers wait to board planes to Auckland

1 NEWS — 1 NEWS Australia correspondent Andrew Macfarlane says first day of the trans-Tasman bubble feels "surreal".
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Auckland café owner the first person prosecuted for not displaying Covid Tracer app code

Auckland café owner the first person prosecuted for not displaying Covid Tracer app code

1 NEWS — An Auckland café owner is the first person to be prosecuted for not displaying an official Covid Tracer app QR code. Dilip Rupa, owner of Rupa's Café, received several visits from WorkSafe and police last year, educating him about the need for a QR code to be displayed.
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Second public sector organisation hit by cyber-attack

Second public sector organisation hit by cyber-attack

1 NEWS — Another Government organisation is grappling with a cyber-attack, after discovering a threat last month. The Health Research Council, which is responsible for managing around $120 million in funding annually, says it's addressing "an incident affecting the organisation's IT environment."
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Renters urged to think twice before uploading ID after new privacy blunder

Renters urged to think twice before uploading ID after new privacy blunder

1 NEWS — Renters are being urged to think twice before uploading sensitive ID documents, after yet another privacy blunder from a property rental website. More than 130 images of passports, birth certificates and driver's licences have been exposed in the breach. 1 NEWS has decided not to name the website, which is regularly used by Kiwis, as the files are still accessible.
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