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A large out-of-control scrub fire has shut a main road between Canterbury and the West Coast.
The fire broke out on conservation land at around 4:30am on Sunday and quickly grew into a raging monster. The blaze spread to both sides of State Highway 73 just west out of Springfield - a critical link between Canterbury and the West Coast.
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Read more: 'Ecological nightmare': Out-of-control scrub fire closes main Canterbury road
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/ecological-nightmare-out-of-control-scrub-fire-closes-main-canterbury-road.html
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Time was running out for Debra Stevens. But the 911 dispatcher didn't seem concerned.
"Somebody save me!" Stevens screamed as the water level crept up inside her car, which was stranded in floodwater.
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Read more: 'I'm going to die,' cried drowning US woman, as she was scolded by a 911 dispatcher
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/115449730/im-going-to-die-cried-drowning-us-woman-as-she-was-scolded-by-a-911-dispatcher
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Police in the US say five people are dead, including a shooter, and at least 21 injured by gunfire in a West Texas shooting on Saturday (Sunday NZ time).
"The active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa," Midland police said on Facebook, referring to a cinema complex in the cities of Odessa and Midland. "There is no active shooter at this time."
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Read more: Five dead, 21 injured in Texas mass shooting
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/115444885/police-say-multiple-gunshot-victims-after-suspects-hijack-mail-truck-in-texas
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The Government has pledged an extra $60 million in funding for Pharmac to fund new medicines, including cancer treatments.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was alongside Health Minister David Clark at Auckland City Hospital on Sunday to reveal the Government's new national cancer action plan.
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Read more: Government announces an extra $60m in Pharmac funding and new cancer treatments
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/115444349/government-announces-an-extra-60m-in-pharmac-funding-and-new-cancer-treatments
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A drug-addled driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel before ploughing into an oncoming car, killing himself and two others, according to coronial findings.
Haydn David Clark, 20, who had a history of driving offences, had ingested methamphetamine and cannabis before he got behind the wheel of a Mazda on the night of April 19, 2018.
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Read more: Triple fatal Thames crash was 'tragically avoidable', coroner says
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115413043/triple-fatal-thames-crash-was-tragically-avoidable-coroner-says
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OPINION: Our daughter said this week she couldn't see it being a good idea to have a kid.
This was disappointing to hear because for one thing, I want to see if our family stock can produce someone even louder than her great-great-grandfather.
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Read more: My daughter no longer wants to have children because of the climate crisis
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/opinion/115306759/my-daughter-no-longer-wants-to-have-children-because-of-the-climate-crisis
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At his current rate of repayments, Paul Cronin will be 76 before he clears the mortgage on his Morrinsville property.
He pays about $325 a week and also has a student loan debt of about $20,000.
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Read more: More Kiwis battling lifelong mortgages
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/115411470/more-kiwis-battling-lifelong-mortgages
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A man has died after a police pursuit in the Bay of Plenty overnight.
Bay of Plenty road policing manager Inspector Brent Crowe said initial indications were that the 27-year-old died after losing control of his vehicle on a a sweeping right-hand bend in Whakatāne.
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Read more: Man, 27, dies after police pursuit in Whakatāne
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115444206/man-27-dies-after-police-pursuit-in-whakatane
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