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The drone used in the trial and members of the team involved. Supplied by Vertilink

Researchers hope the quick responsiveness of a medical drone could save the lives of New Zealanders living in remote communities.

The trial, a partnership between drone company VertiLink, the University of Auckland and Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi, successfully delivered medical gear to Matakana Island last week during a simulated emergency at Te Kutaroa Marae in less than four minutes.

VertiLink chief executive Charlie Nelson told Nine to Noon, it was a groundbreaking milestone and offered new hope to the island’s 500 residents.

Nelson said the trial was the product of two years of research and the objective had been to see how drones could be sued to benefit people living in isolated communities.

“We really wanted to look at what difference the response time would be between traditional medicines versus this new technology.”

The simulated event included someone who had experienced a high trauma event, like a car crash, on the island, Nelson said.

“We looked at a high trauma event, high stakes and very narrow window of time for this person’s outcome of survival. First responders were dispatched and so was the drone. It was about looking at the time difference and whether that made a difference in the outcome.”

The drone could have a maximum take-off weight of 95kgs, Nelson said, and could carry up to 40kgs. It had a box attached underneath which could be filled with supplied and opened upon landing.

Matakana Island has about 500 residents. (File photo) WIKIMEDIA COMMONS / Ulanwp

Nelson said the drone also had the ability for a winch so the box could be winched from a height in cases where it couldn’t land safely.

He said now they would continue to engage with communities and tailor it to their particular needs.

“It may not look like the same solution for other communities so we’re continuing to engage with our research partners, community and iwi.”

The drone could be used for emergency responses, Nelson said but also day-to-day health requirements on the island such as delivering prescriptions.

“We’re looking at how efficient you can make these services so the cost profile [of going to the mainland for a script] is reduced.”

Nelson said another possibility could be for people who had blood test requirements to have their tests shipped off by the drone.

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December 5, 2025

“Incredibly selfish”: brand new picnic table destroyed, stolen from DOC campground

Source: NZ Department of Conservation

Date: 05 December 2025

A 10 ft macrocarpa picnic table, installed on Tuesday 2 December by DOC at the campground, had only been there two days before approximately 8 ft of the table was sawn off and stolen.

Principal Ranger Briggs Pilkington says the theft is hugely disappointing for DOC staff and volunteers who worked on the table.

“It’s just disheartening,” says Briggs. “We’re trying to improve the area and make it the kind of spot people can come out to with their whanau and enjoy naturing. We’ve been working with the community to improve the facilities at this site, and a significant funding donation has been put into the campground upgrade by the community.

“Then we go out to finish the table to find someone with a chainsaw and a bad attitude ruined it for everyone. This is why we can’t have nice things.”

This is just the most recent theft of materials from DOC sites in Wairarapa, with corrugated iron stolen from a shelter at Western Lake Reserve earlier this year.

“It’s not even about the cost, really, it’s that they’ve stolen from the community. This wasn’t a purchased table; the locals built that table themselves, and it wasn’t even finished. This was hard work, and means we have to really think about what we do in the future.”

The matter has been referred to police. Anyone with information can call 105 or go online to 105.police.govt.nz and quote reference number OR-2321290N.

“If anyone in the area has any information about what happened, if you saw or heard anything, or if you see someone trying to flog 8 ft of a picnic table, give us a call.”

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December 5, 2025

Christchurch school launches internal probe over mouldy lunches

Source: Radio New Zealand

One of the meals. Supplied / Haeata Community Campus

The Christchurch school at the centre of a dispute about mouldy lunches served to students has launched an internal investigation.

Haeata Community Campus is at odds with New Zealand Food Safety and provider Compass Group about how mince and potato meals covered in mould came to be served to children on Monday.

Principal Peggy Burrows said she was [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580912/principal-says-school-not-to-blame-for-mouldy-lunches-as-authorities-review-footage dismayed by comments made by New Zealand Food Safety and Compass Group that the school was to blame, before the investigation had been completed.

Contrary to claims made by Compass, she said the school’s camera footage clearly showed all food boxes, known as Cambros, were collected from the school on the previous Thursday and no food had been “left behind to sit in the sun for three days”.

Burrows said the school did not retain any of the boxes, rather they were collected and returned to the Compass distribution centre at the end of each day.

She said one box that only contained rubbish was left at the school last Wednesday but was collected by Programmed Facility Management staff, which manages the property, and returned to Compass the following day.

“The Cambros are barcoded and tracked and all meals are accounted for as there are strict food safety requirements for students with dietary needs. The contaminated meals were discovered dispersed across multiple Cambros by Haeata staff. This is confirmed by the camera footage,” she said.

Burrows said the school maintained robust systems at all times to ensure school lunches were safely distributed at the school and none of the systems had failed in the last week.

“The school does not accept responsibility for the operational failure of the supplier, the Compass Group, and disagrees with statements by both Mr Harbey [School Lunch Collective spokesman] and New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle regarding Haeata Community Campus staff being responsible for the reheating and distribution of contaminated food,” she said.

The school was committed to student safety and transparency in serving food and planned to release the findings of its own internal investigation next week.

Select committee scrutiny

The mouldy meals were raised at the Ministry for Primary Industry’s annual review before the select committee on Thursday.

Ministry director-general Ray Smith said while the investigation into the meals at Haeata had not been completed, officials felt it was important to clarify their preliminary findings given public commentary on the risks posed by the meals.

“We would not have issued an interim view on it had the thing not been in the public domain in the manner it was that alarmed parents, no question about it, so we had to quickly either tell parents there’s a problem with Compass and deal with Compass or suggest there’s an issue at the school,” he said.

Of the 300 meals delivered to the school, between 10 to 20 meals were affected.

The lunches had been delivered to 15 other schools in Christchurch on Monday.

Food Safety deputy director-general Vince Arbuckle said investigators had visited Haeata Community Campus and Compass in Christchurch several times this week as part of the investigation to determine what had happened.

“Only one school had this experience and only one part of the school had this experience, the canteen, which all adds up to suggest that somehow in the canteen some meals remained in a box, got intermingled with incoming meals on the Monday and innocently served out,” he said.

“The weight of evidence suggests that the contaminated food being distributed to students was a result of a human error at the school.”

The investigation was ongoing and New Zealand Food Safety was happy to work with the school on its processes, Arbuckle said.

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December 5, 2025

Is our attitude towards nudity changing?

Source: Radio New Zealand

Recently, Lisa McMillan observed something that hints at the change she believes is happening with New Zealand’s perceived conservatism regarding public nudity.

She was at an Auckland harbour beach not known for nude use, and there he was: a naked man walking the beach holding a baby. Perhaps the baby made the man’s nakedness more acceptable, McMillan pondered, but still there they both were in their birthday suits in the middle of the day with other beachgoers around.

“I was like, wow, I don’t think that’s actually something half a decade ago people would have really accepted.

There are designated nude beaches in New Zealand, but nude sunbathers tend to congregate at a few secluded beaches like Auckland’s Ladies Bay Beach.

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McMillan is the founder of Naked World, an events organisation that runs barely clothed or naked events, including the three day Auckland festival Naked in the Trees. She is British and moved to New Zealand seven years ago.

Like other travellers from Europe, as documented in many a Reddit thread, she was caught off guard by the apparent conservative nature of New Zealanders towards public nudity. It seemed to be far more hushed than the topless sunbaking of Australia’s Bondi Beach or a bare bum in a quiet cove on the Mediterranean.

In 2008, Research New Zealand released the results of a survey on beach nudity. About a third of respondents said they were comfortable with it, 25 percent were okay with it in designated areas, and 45 percent were opposed to it. However, Kiwis apparently at least love the idea of nude beaches. An analysis of Google searches found that New Zealanders searched the term “nude beach” 67,000 times, the second highest per capita, following Australia at number one.

Contrast that with the French, possibly the most liberal in the world when it comes to public nudity. A 2012 survey from travel site Expedia found that 73 percent of French people who responded said they felt comfortable with topless beach sunbaking.

But is New Zealand’s attitude towards public nudity loosening up? Was the man on the Herne Bay beach the new norm or just a blip on the radar?

“I do think [public nudity] has gotten more widely accepted, but then it’s also difficult to say because of the circles I run in,” says McMillan.

Last year, the Naked in the Trees festival drew 800 people. The next festival in 2026 will have a capacity of more than 1300 people. McMillan recently hosted her largest-ever undie party with more than 1000 people for a Halloween celebration.

Because there is often a sexual element at some of the Naked World events, McMillan doesn’t classify them as naturist events (there is a “Pleasure Playground” area at Naked in the Trees festivals). Naturists insist that being naked in a community isn’t sexual, and naturist clubs typically advertise as a family-friendly environment.

Lisa McMillan, the founder of the Naked World.

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Is public nudity even legal in New Zealand?

“Being naked on a public beach in and of itself is not illegal,” writes University of Canterbury senior lecturer of law Cassandra Mudgway in an email to RNZ.

However, there are two offences to watch out for, she writes. The first is being nude and engaging in behaviour that is deemed “offensive” by current community standards, where time, place, and circumstance are all taken into account.

“If the beach is known to be a space for nudists, it will not likely be considered offensive (even if children are present).”

The second offence is indecent exposure, she writes.

“Exposing genitals is not enough. It must also be considered obscene in the context in which it occurs.”

Either charge has the defence where a person reasonably believed they would not be observed, Mudgway added.

Membership numbers at the 15 naturist clubs around the country have remained steady in recent years, says Alice de Wet, the president of the New Zealand Naturist Federation.

“In the 70s and 80s, the naturist movement was a very big movement, but in the 70s was also a very different time in terms of many things in the country.”

Alice de Wet, President of the New Zealand Naturist Federation.

SUPPLIED/Alice de Wet

It was the era of the Nambassa Festival, which was styled on Woodstock and where public nudity was common. The year 1979 was its largest year, attracting about 65,000 people to the festival’s music lineup and alternative lifestyle.

De Wet started exploring the naturist movement in her native South Africa 15 years ago. She moved to New Zealand in 2008 and found it more conservative than Europe, with a stronger liberal bent than South Africa when it came to public nudity.

Currently, the largest age demographic of naturist club members is those in their 30s and 40s, says de Wet. Clubs encourage young members to join by offering discounted membership for those aged in their 20s and for families. For example, a regular membership at the Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club is $400 per person per year and a membership for someone aged 18 to 25 costs $125. However, out of the club’s 250 members, only a handful are in that young age group, says de Wet

“I mean, it could be difficult for some people to embrace that, but naturism is all about boosting your self-esteem and realising that when you’re there, nobody’s actually there to judge you.

“So when you get older, you probably become more comfortable with your body, but it shouldn’t be that way. You should be comfortable with your body at any age.”

De Wet isn’t sure if New Zealand’s attitude to public nudity is changing, and naturist membership is not the best way to tell.

“There may be some naturists who don’t necessarily join a club, but they’re still naturists. They go to a beach and strip off. So it is quite difficult to define.”

Her own experience at beaches is that people don’t care if you are discreet.

“I’ve stripped down on a very quiet beach that’s not necessarily a naturist beach in New Zealand, and I’ve never had any problems.

“… if you compare it to Europe, Kiwis may be slightly more conservative, have a slightly more conservative outlook, but at the same time, Kiwis are very laid back.”

While de Wet says membership at many of New Zealand’s naturist clubs is evenly split across males and females, her observation at nudist beaches is visitors skew male (while there are no official designated nudist beaches in New Zealand, there are a few often-secluded beaches where nudists tend to congregate).

Lisa McMillan enjoying a Naked Dinner

Supplied / Peter Cadman

McMillan has seen the same at beaches where nudists congregate. Her events also attract more males than females. Single male tickets to Naked in the Trees sell out much faster than single female tickets, and she hasn’t figured out why despite conducting a survey of attendees.

“I couldn’t understand why, because I was like, there are generally what we would understand to be equal numbers of men and women in the world. And these days we should feel equally accepted in any space, pretty much.”

In an effort to make women feel more comfortable, McMillan started a Sunday social group for women who want to meet together at Ladies Bay Beach, a known nudist beach in Auckland. She also started a WhatsApp chat called the Bare Babes Club. It has 250 members, and they meet up before a Naked World event so they can attend together.

“We like to have strength in numbers…”

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December 5, 2025

Trans-Tasman Maritime Union Federation Ratified: A New Era of Unity for Maritime Workers

Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) have formally ratified a Trans-Tasman Federation that unites maritime workers across Australia and New Zealand in a single, coordinated industrial and political force.

The ratification by the MUNZ National Council follows resolutions passed at the MUA Quadrennial National Conference. It marks a qualitatively new and higher level of international cooperation, building on generations of shared struggle and on the most recent Memorandum of Agreement endorsed at the highest levels of both unions.

MUNZ National Secretary Carl Findlay said the challenges faced by a docker in Tauranga closely resemble those faced in Port Botany.

“This federation creates the framework for coordinated campaigning, shared resources and joint action.”

MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin says the Federation aligns both unions organisationally with international models such as the ILWU, ILA and the Seafarers International Union.

“This will put us in the strongest possible position to tackle multinationals head on in both countries,” Crumlin added.

MUA Deputy National Secretary, Warren Smith, who has led the agreement-making process for the Australian contingent, said the new unity sends a clear signal to employers.

“Any struggle or attack on either union will be met with the full, united force of maritime workers across both countries. Maritime workers will stand together whenever jobs, conditions or rights are threatened,” Smith says.

The agreement provides for joint participation in each union’s structures, including national councils and conferences, and establishes an international executive.

The arrangement preserves the existing rules of each union while adding shared capacity, deeper cooperation and coordinated industry engagement.

Federation Priorities and Commitments

The Federation will deliver coordinated campaigns, bargaining support and mutual solidarity across ports and maritime workplaces. Shared resources will bolster the ability of both unions to confront cross-border threats like automation, outsourcing and attempts to undermine crewing standards.

Members engaged in industrial disputes will have access to rapid legal, financial and organising support, regardless of which side of the Tasman they work on.

A major priority is a vigorous campaign for cabotage and for trans-Tasman seagoing trade routes to be crewed by Australian and New Zealand seafarers.

The Federation will also advance joint work on First Nations struggles, trade union education, renewable industries and increased diversity across the maritime sector so that the workforce reflects the gender and cultural makeup of the broader community.

DP World and Holcim Under Scrutiny

The formation of the Federation comes as workers in both countries face escalating challenges from multinational operators.

In Australia, DP World continues to push an automation agenda that has been shown to be less safe, reduce productivity and restrict throughput.

In New Zealand, DP World has attempted to expand its footprint through privatised entry into stevedoring markets.

At the same time, Holcim – operating with DP World’s subsidiary NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers (NACC) – is attempting to replace local seafarers with foreign-flagged crews, undermining jobs, safety standards and long-held crewing arrangements.

These coordinated attacks on maritime workers underscore the importance of the Federation. By uniting their organisational strength, the MUA and MUNZ will ensure that multinational corporations cannot play one national workforce off against the other.

The Federation will support resistance to any attempt to outsource jobs, impose unsafe automation, or erode the rights and conditions of maritime workers.

A United Defence of Maritime Communities

“Recent clashes with stevedores and shipping companies have demonstrated that maritime workers must increasingly defend pay, job security and safe working conditions. The Trans-Tasman Federation consolidates the industrial power and social solidarity of maritime communities on both sides of the Tasman so that these fights can be taken on in a coordinated and effective manner,” says Warren Smith.

“This federation is a defence of maritime communities,” he says. “Attempts to cut labour costs, impose automation without agreement or replace local crews will be met with coordinated resistance across both countries.”

Mr Findlay says the unions will always seek constructive engagement with employers, but unity will remain their greatest strength.

“Where employers are unreasonable or unprincipled, we will stand up and fight, together, for the best possible outcomes for maritime workers.”

December 5, 2025

Five surprising benefits of living in a predator free suburb

Source: NZ Department of Conservation

What do you picture when you think of the benefits of becoming Predator Free? Most people picture increasing native birdlife like iconic kiwi and kea. And they’re not wrong.

When Predator Free Wellington eliminated rats and mustelids from the Miramar Peninsula, they saw native bird detections skyrocket 91% since the project began.

Wellington residents have spotted over 5x more iconic pīwakawaka since the project began. They’re also seeing early signs that kākā and kākāriki may be recolonising forested habitats on the peninsula.

Beyond the birds

But Predator Free 2050 benefits go beyond the birds. When we do our bit ‘naturing’, we see positive changes in our economy, culture, wellbeing, recreation and even some surprising areas.

Hear from predator-free Miramar residents, volunteers, and staff what surprising (non-bird) benefits they’ve seen firsthand thanks to Predator Free Wellington:

1. Making new friends

Dan, Predator Free Miramar volunteer, shares that predator trapping has helped him make new friends and feel more connected to his community.

“Before trapping and being involved with Predator Free Miramar, my community was a lot narrower.” Trapping helped him connect to his neighbours and new friends.

“It’s funny to be talking about new friends when you’re 51; I didn’t actively set out to do it.”

“It’s a rewarding, warm, fuzzy feeling to know that you have a circle of people who value what we’re doing, who are there at the end of the phone if you need anything, and who are always keen to share a joke.”

Volunteers with Predator Free Miramar, including Dan Henry, center, before a trapping session on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, New Zealand on May 7, 2022. Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times – for Pete McKenzie story on Wellington conservation and pest control

Dan (in orange) and a crew of volunteer mates checking traps together | 📷: Jim Huylebroek

2. Bonding with your mum

Sophie, a dedicated trapper and field operator, has swapped stories with her mum about how the neighbourhood she grew up in has changed in just one generation.

“Now that Miramar is rat-free, I’m seeing lots of posts about kārearea sightings on Facebook. At home, I’ve had one fly into the tree next door.” 

“This change is significant to me because kārearea is a bird that most people in the older generation, like my mum, didn’t grow up seeing around Wellington.” 

Sophie working in the bush | 📷: Predator Free Wellington

Ok, admittedly this kārearea is a bird. But it’s a bird you can bond with your mum over | 📷: Leon Everett

3. Cool new mokomoko gardens in your neighbourhood

Preschool students and their teacher, Felicity, at Peninsula Preschool have transformed a Miramar road verge into a thriving mokomoko garden. The class were inspired by spotting skinks at a local reserve and by native wildlife bouncing back in their neighbourhood.

Predator Free 2050 can spark ideas to take better care of local native species – like starting a mokomoko garden, creating a backyard bird sanctuary or making a critter home.

Before… (image 1)
…And after a Miramar road verge before and after Peninsula Preschool started their mokomoko garden to attract native lizards and skinks (image 2) | 📷: Peninsula Early Learning

4. Growing optimism and belief that nature can bounce back

Getting involved in predator free can be a pick-me-up when the news is feeling bleak.

Predator Free Miramar volunteer Ross shares how he’s seen a growing sense of hope in Miramar residents since the project began.

“When I first started, telling my neighbours and friends about my involvement in trapping was often met with scepticism. Many thought we were fighting a losing battle, and that our efforts couldn’t make a real difference.”

“These days, people stop to say thank you and share their observations about the increasing birdlife. This project has given people a sense of purpose amidst all the challenging news about global warming and rising costs.”

Predator Free Wellington field operator Tim has also felt this growing sense of hope. The biggest change he’s felt is a “growing belief that what we’re doing can actually be achieved.

Tim up the Tip Track | : Predator Free Wellington

5. Kids learning wētā footprints

Preschool students have been learning new nature knowledge now that native species are bouncing back with predator free.

The class set up a tracking tunnel before they created the mokomoko garden and found absolutely no signs of wildlife. After three years, they set another tracking tunnel and discovered wētā footprints! They’ve also found a gecko in the children’s carpentry workshop.

Tamariki and their teacher monitoring the track tunnel findings | : Peninsula Early Learning

How can you help?

More information on how you can get involved in Predator Free 2050 can be found here.

Follow Predator Free Wellington’s continued journey towards Predator Free 2050 on Instagram and Facebook.

December 5, 2025

Highs of 30C for parts of South Island before scorching weather moves north this weekend

Source: Radio New Zealand

Warm weather is forecast for most of the North Island over the weekend. RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Very hot weather is forecast for parts of the South Island today moving to the east coast of the North Island on the weekend.

MetService is forecasting temperature highs of 30C for Christchurch, Ashburton and Oamaru on Friday with Dunedin expected to reach 28C and Timaru and Blenheim 29C.

Northwesterly winds will drive up the temperatures in the east of the South Island and MetService has a strong wind watch for Southland, Otago and Canterbury High Country south of Aoraki / Mount Cook until 7pm on Friday. Gusts of 100km/h can be expected, especially inland.

It is also expected to be warm in the North Island on Friday with temperature highs in the low to mid 20s.

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A big ol’ cloud sandwich about Aoraki/Mt Cook this morning with high cloud, lenticulars, and stratus cloud.
Similarly, the weather has a lot of ingredients going on.
wind in the south
☁️cloud in the west
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— MetService NZ (@MetService) December 4, 2025

The weekend is expected to be dry for those in the North Island with hot temperatures for some. Gisborne, Napier and Hastings are forecast to exceed 30C on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Napier is forecast to have a high of 32C on Saturday and Monday, while Hastings is expected to reach 32C on Saturday and 33C on Sunday and Gisborne is forecast to reach 31C on all three days.

Saturday temperatures are forecast to be in the mid 20s for the upper North Island including Auckland.

A dry weekend is expected for those in the North Island, but the West Coast of the South Island could expect some showers on Saturday.

MetService is forecasting more substantial rain in the west and south of the South Island on Sunday.

“Saturday will be the pick of the days this weekend in the South Island; perfect timing for runners to complete the Kepler Challenge and be off the mountain before the rain rolls in overnight,” MetService Meteorologist Michael Pawley said.

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December 5, 2025

$33,000 pendant swallowed in Auckland jewellery heist ‘recovered’

Source: Radio New Zealand

The Fabergé locket was worth more than $33,500. SCREENSHOT

A Fabergé locket worth more than $33,500, swallowed by a man during an alleged theft at an Auckland jewellery store has been “recovered”.

Police confirmed it was back in their possession last night.

They said the 32-year-old man who swallowed the pendant remained in custody and would appear in Auckland District Court next week.

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December 5, 2025

State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke closed after truck crash

Source: Radio New Zealand

St John says one person with serious injuries is being flown to Palmerston North Hospital. RNZ / REECE BAKER

State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke is closed following a crash involving a truck.

Police said the crash near Okane Road in Matamau was reported just before 10am.

Fire and Emergency confirmed a truck was involved, and said its crews helped free the driver who was trapped. Crews are still on scene assisting police.

St John has a helicopter and two ambulances at the scene, and said one person with serious injuries is being flown to Palmerston North Hospital.

Police said drivers should avoid the area and expect delays.

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December 5, 2025

Live: Black Caps v West Indies first test – day four

Source: Radio New Zealand

The Black Caps are in firm control of the first cricket test against the West Indies after a dominant day three in Christchurch.

Centuries for skipper Tom Latham and number four batter Rachin Ravindra helped New Zealand set a solid foundation to reach 417-4 at stumps with a lead of 481 runs.

Close to half of the Black Caps runs came in boundaries on Thursday.

First ball is at 11am.

Rachin Ravindra and Tom Latham Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz / Photosport Ltd 2025

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