Auckland measles outbreak: ARPHS criticises 'misinformed' anti-vaxxers as number of cases passes 800
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Health experts in Auckland have criticised anti-vaxxers as "misinformed" as the number of confirmed cases passes 800.
Measles should not be treated as a trivial illness, Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) spokesman William Ranger said.
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Auckland parents say fears over the measles outbreak have caused them to change their day-to-day habits.
There have been 778 cases confirmed in Auckland region as of Saturday, with 19 new diagnoses since Friday, the Auckland Regional Public Health Service said.
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Read more: Life under a measles cloud
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that two New Zealanders have died in a plane crash in the Philippines.
All nine people on board a small Beechcraft King Air 350 medical evacuation plane were killed when the aircraft crashed into a resort area near Calamba City and exploded in flames, officials said.
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Read more: Two New Zealanders onboard plane crash that killed nine people
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An 18-year-old from the United States was put into a medically-induced coma to recover from ailments doctors believed were sustained from vaping.
Maddie Nelson from Utah vaped every day for three years, according to US media outlet Fox 13.
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Read more: 'My brain just completely shut off': Vaping-induced illness lands US teen in coma
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Detectives are investigating after a reveller was stabbed during a mass brawl at a party in the Dunedin student quarter.
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Read more: One stabbed during mass brawl on Hyde St
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About 20 property owners in a Mosgiel subdivision must remove non-compliant structures after allegedly being dobbed in by a neighbour flying a drone.
A Dunedin City Council manager says it has been used "as a weapon" in a dispute showing "pettiness" between neighbours.
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Read more: Drone used in 'pettiness' between neighbours
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A reunion - twenty years in the making.
In 1999, Navy Captain Shaun Fogarty was deployed to East Timor as a military liaison officer with the United Nations.
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Read more: Defence force in Timor-Leste: ‘A strong desire to help’
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Schools and a marae are asking Auckland health officials for more pop-up vaccination clinics to help combat the measles outbreak.
More than 300 people were vaccinated over the weekend at free clinics set up by Counties Manukau District Health Board.
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Read more: Measles outbreak: Auckland schools ask for vaccination clinics
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