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Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Ella Prendergast Mark Quinlivan

Health officials are investigating a possible case of coronavirus at a Queenstown Hotel.

A Ministry of Health spokesperson told Newshub it has received unconfirmed reports of a person staying at the Rees Hotel with the disease.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/coronavirus-outbreak-health-officials-investigating-possible-case-in-queenstown.html

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Why didn't they put people in quarantine for 3 weeks... close borders. The only way to truly contain an outbreak is to restrict its movement and let it run its course.

They should have been denying flights from China and putting people in quarantine... if they complain then tough shit.

Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Jamie Seidel

The spectre of China is looming ever larger over Asia. Now international relations experts are sounding alarms at the risks of an armed clash.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12303563

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Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Darrell Etherington

Small-satellite launch company Rocket Lab just officially declared its second launch pad open, but it has already broken ground on a third. The new one will be located in New Zealand on the Mahia peninsula, right next to its first launch pad at the company’s original launch facility — which is already the first and only privately owned and operated rocket launch facility on Earth.

Article: https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/18/rocket-lab-to-open-a-third-launch-pad-its-second-in-new-zealand/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Newstalk ZB, NZ Herald,

The AA says the cost of 95 and 98 octane petrol will drop ahead of the general election as fuel retailers move to display the price of premium fuel, ahead of any formal regulation.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/mark-stockdale-aa-says-the-price-of-fuel-will-drop-drastically-this-year/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Hamish MacLean

Nearly $12million in capital spending has been shaved off Dunedin’s draft budget as the Dunedin City Council faces a proposed 6.5% increase in the rates take.

Councillors will meet this week to consider staff budget proposals as the council enters the third year of the long-term plan for 2018-28.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/spending-cut-65-rates-increase-proposed

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So... it starts... more tax, but get less in return... well I can safely say I didn't vote for that...

Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Mara Pillinger

On Thursday, after delaying for an extra day of deliberation, the World Health Organisation decided not to declare the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus to be a PHEIC - a public health emergency of international concern.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119058004/why-the-who-held-off-on-declaring-the-wuhan-coronavirus-a-global-health-emergency

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Personally, if you have been to China, and or been in area that has been infected... you go into quarantine... no ifs no buts... after 3 weeks, if you have no sign ok ...

Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: MARTY SHARPE

It's a sweltering hot Sunday afternoon, Taradale town centre, Hawke's Bay.

A week ago bullets were flying here, a swarm of gangsters were brawling on the main road, shopkeepers ducked for cover and locals were fleeing the place as fast as they could.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119053371/this-is-our-patch-its-not-their-patch-taradale-community-meets-over-gangs

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Details: Category: News; Published: 27 January 2020

Author: Thomas Coughlan

The Government is set to announce one of the biggest infrastructure packages in New Zealand history with $12 billion worth of spending to be announced on week.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson will detail a list of projects up and down the country that will be funded, with a suite of roads, rail, and hospital upgrades expected to be on the list.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119064149/government-set-to-announce-12b-infrastructure-splurge-with-a-lot-of-it-going-to-roads

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Coronavirus outbreak: Health officials investigating possible case in Queenstown

Warning signs of a South China Sea clash

Rocket Lab to open a third launch pad — its second in New Zealand

AA says the price of fuel will drop drastically this year

Spending cut but 6.5% rates increase proposed

Why the WHO held off on declaring the Wuhan coronavirus a global health emergency

This is our patch, it's not their patch'

Government set to announce $12b infrastructure splurge, with a lot of it going to roads

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