Author: Dan Satherley

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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Author: Vita Molyneux

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. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/one-person-in-auckland-fits-criteria-for-suspected-case-of-coronavirus.html
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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.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/call-landfill-rethink
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Author: Newstalk ZB,

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.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-chris-lynch/audio/simon-bridges-south-island-is-the-forgotten-island-by-government/
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Police are seeking anyone with more information of the reports of a man who was sighted chocking the lizard in a north Dunedin cemetery on Wednesday.

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One in three middle-aged people who live on their own earn so little they are facing an improvished old age.

Today's recommendation by the interim Retirement Commissioner against increasing the age for NZ superannuation has come with an ominous warning about the need to prepare for retirement.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/408426/future-retirees-face-more-financial-hardship-research-suggests
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