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One educational expert suggests children are growing more narcissistic- and it's creating problems for teachers.

Columnist and former teaching academic Jenna Price wrote a piece in the Sydney Morning Herald claiming children have gotten more rude and entitled in recent years.

She says children being brought up in Western cultures are being taught to be aggressive and disagreeable by parents enabling bad behaviour.

"We've either got to pull ourselves together and get our kids to be a bit more empathetic, a bit more understanding, a bit more able to see the other person's point of view, or we are going to have a nation run by a bunch of narcissists." 

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Two major players in the tech world are reporting strong results this US earnings season.

Meta and Alphabet are seeing digital advertising revenue bounce back from the doldrums of of late 2022 and early 2023.

Milford Asset Management's Felix Fok says advertising spending is sensitive to economic conditions, and Alphabet and Meta are performing better than predicted.

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Unemployment is rising - but remains historically low - as the election approaches.

New Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate reached 3.6 percent for the three months to June.

That's up 0.2 percent, from 3.4 percent in the preceding quarter.

Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen says these figures indicate that the start of recession-influenced unemployment is upon us.

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The US Justice Department's indicted Donald Trump, alleging dishonesty, fraud and deceit.

The former US President's scheduled to appear in a Washington DC courthouse on charges to do with alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Counts include conspiracy to defraud the US, obstruct an official proceeding, and infringe citizen's rights.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says Trump has fired back on Truth Social ahead of the trial, accusing the jury of interfering with his election campaign.

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Claims the Government's top chief executives have been asked to tighten their belts.

Our newsroom confirmed the heads of major Government departments met the Finance Minister, and it's understood spending restraint was discussed.

Grant Robertson warned the Government had hard choices ahead.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says those choices need to start with wasteful spending.

"The public sector spending has been a big worry for this Government. Not just because they've bloated the public services in terms of numbers."

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The gap between Labour and National could be starting to widen, as election day gets closer.

The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll shows National and Act both up with enough support to see them form a Government

Labour has dropped 3.6 points to 32.3 percent, but the Greens are up to 9.6 percent.

Former MP turned political commentator Peter Dunne says Labour's dip is reflective of other polls.

He says over the last few months, there's been a wider gap between the right and left.

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A former pupil in the care of a Catholic order in Christchurch has described it as 'Hell on Earth'.

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has published a report on the treatment of children at three Brothers of St John of God institutions in Christchurch, over decades.

They were Marylands School, Hebron Trust and St Joseph’s Orphanage.

Marylands survivor and former pupil, Darryl Smith, says it's good the extent of abuse is public knowledge.

But he wants more than compensation.

"I want every member of that order chastised and sentenced to imprisonment for life."

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Donald Trump has been indicted on four counts in the investigation into the interference of the 2020 US election.

The former President is scheduled to appear in a Washington DC courthouse on charges of conspiracy to defraud the US, obstruct an official proceeding, and infringe citizen's rights.

Former adviser to George W Bush, Scott Jennings, says Trump will still be able to run for President, but these indictments put his campaign in 'uncharted waters.

"If this doesn't go to trial and the charges are still pending, if he were to get re-elected President, he could simply order the Justice Department to drop the cases. In some ways, winning the election is his best legal strategy."

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Secondary teachers will vote on a new pay offer next week.

The Government's agreed to offer the 14.5 percent increase recommended by an Arbitration Panel.

$374 million worth of savings have been found within the education budget.

Education Minister Jan Tinetti says that includes deferring projects at Te Ao Marama and Hobsonville Point Secondary School.

They are part of a Public Private Partnership Schools Expansion.

"We are not cutting them, we are deferring them. We are still working through the design process with those schools, but we're just giving ourselves some time."

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National claims the Government's finances are teetering on the edge.

Our newsroom has confirmed the Finance Minister met heads of major Government departments today.

It's understood spending restraint was discussed.

Grant Robertson today warned the Government had hard choices ahead.

National's Nicola Willis says they believe things are much worse than forecast in the Budget.

"Grant Robertson has instructed public service leaders to batten down the hatches, desperately dig up some savings- because he's got an almighty gap in the Government books."

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