City councillor and mayoral candidate Lee Vandervis brought the house down - in all the wrong ways - at the first of Dunedin's mayoral debates today.

The event, at the University of Otago's main common room, was organised by the Otago University Students' Association and watched by a crowd of about 130 mainly younger students.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/young-voters-dont-know-enough-vandervis?fbclid=IwAR2D90SWmIT7nQB1tCI6PuoZcOgaXkQBe8qpOn5N_n-WUQ6WpvKHRtTs9wI
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The US State Department and the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a travel warning to its citizens over New Zealand's current measles outbreak.

New Zealand is currently facing a massive increase in measles cases, with 821 cases of measles in Auckland, and 991 confirmed cases notified across the country.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/us-state-department-issues-nz-travel-warning-over-measles-outbreak/
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The Government's planning the biggest water quality reforms in almost 30 years.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and Environment Minister David Parker on Thursday unveiled new proposals for a swathe of major changes intended to clean up New Zealand's rivers, streams and lakes.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/david-parker-government-unveils-sweeping-waterways-clean-up-plan/
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A British boy says he is "lucky to be alive" after a trampoline spring was lodged into his back in an incident he says "must be rarer than a lightning strike".

Jamie Quinlan, a 12-year-old boy from Lincolnshire in eastern England, was playing on a friend's trampoline on Saturday when a spring broke off, ripped through his shirt, and lodged into his back, reports the BBC.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/freak-accident-trampoline-spring-shoots-into-british-child-s-back-like-a-bullet.html
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An elderly man who fell over in a public toilet in Christchurch had his phone stolen after calling out for help. 

On Saturday, 92-year-old Gordon Proctor fell over in the toilet in the suburb of New Brighton, Star News reports. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/elderly-christchurch-resident-falls-over-man-steals-his-phone.html
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Police have published an amended price list for prohibited firearms and parts eligible under the buy-back scheme.

This is the fourth iteration of the price list since the announcement of the buy-back and amnesty on 20 June 2019.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161381-updated-prohibited-firearms-price-list-released.html
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Transport Agency emails reveal a flurry of activity by officials anxious to avoid embarrassment and blame after problems emerged with cameras installed in taxis.

The emails from 2014 show staff were worried a type of camera installed in hundreds of taxis around the country - the Lintek TaxiTrekT1 - could be faulty because some of the footage could not be downloaded.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161387-taxi-camera-concerns-has-nzta-scrambling-to-avoid-embarrassment.html
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. 

Article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall/ar-AAGOpu1?ocid=sf
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