Author: Sky News

Men's rights activist Bettina Arndt says feminism has "absolutely gone off the rails" after a campaign was launched to strip her of her Order of Australia honour. Victoria's Attorney-General Jill Hennessy wrote to Governor-General David Hurley asking him to rescind Ms Arndt’s Order of Australia award, saying the recognition was "an insult to victims of sexual abuse".

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Author: Wing Kuang

OPINION: Having grown up in China where SARS took almost 800 lives in 2003, I remember how the pandemic traumatised my hometown, and how fear of its return cloaked Chinese communities for the following decade.

When coronavirus was first confirmed in Wuhan last December, I was on my way back to Melbourne, Australia, to continue my studies.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119197472/coronavirus-is-not-chinese--dont-racialise-it-because-we-all-have-to-be-prepared
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Author: Vita Molyneux

Gisborne has reached its highest temperature since the records began in 1940.

The town sizzled under 38-degree heat on Friday - the hottest day in New Zealand this summer.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/scorching-summer-heat-sees-new-zealand-town-reach-highest-temperature-since-1940.html
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 Since 1940?.... so what you are saying then is, we have had weather like this before, and climate is changing to the way it use to be 80 years ago... right got yah.

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The Ministry of Health says Friday morning's announcement of a global health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak won't change the way they've been handling it to date.

So far 212 people have been killed by 2019-nCov, all in China, while 8000 have been infected - most in China, but cases have been reported in Germany, the US and Japan.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/coronavirus-emergency-call-won-t-change-nz-s-response-health-officials.html
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One person in Auckland now "fits the criteria" for a suspected case of coronavirus.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield announced on Friday the person is being tested and is in isolation in Auckland Hospital. 

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 and like they are still traveling close borders and starve the virus out... if the virus can't find a new host it will starve...

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Scott Weatherall is calling for the Dunedin City Council to reconsider Smooth Hill as the location for a new landfill, as candidates on community boards had the chance to have their say at the pre-draft annual plan hearings yesterday.

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National says Labour has put a nail in the coffin when it comes to the Woodend bypass

The project missed out on funding in yesterday's infrastructure announcement.

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