OPINION: Why is it so hard for us to say out loud the blazingly obvious about the president of the United States: that he has utterly lost his mind. If Donald Trump were appointed the principal of your local secondary school tomorrow, you'd have pulled your kids out by Wednesday and he'd be gone by Friday. If he was mayor of your town, you'd pretend to live somewhere else. If he was a dog, you'd be making whispered phone calls to your vet. 

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/115419803/whys-it-so-hard-for-us-to-say-out-loud-that-trump-has-lost-his-mind
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In a central Auckland suburb, anti-vaccination proponents are targeting new parents. Just down the motorway, parents are caring for their critically ill children with measles. How can this be happening in the same country, let alone the same city? Michelle Duff reports. 

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/114545019/antivaxxers-target-new-parents-while-others-nurse-their-critically-ill-kids
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The government has yet to decide on the future of a bed tax for Queenstown.

The proposed fee would be a 5 percent charge applied to all short-term accommodation in the resort town.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161045-government-still-considering-queenstown-bed-tax.html
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Author: Jim Rolfe
Two of my colleagues have used this forum recently to comment on the need for a naval combat force. Both have useful insights to make, but neither gets to the root of the issue.

Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-cost-and-benefit-of-frigates
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Author: Lance Beath

In a recent Incline post titled ‘Where are the Frigates?’ Professor Robert Ayson notes, quite correctly, that the frigates currently undergoing refit in Canada represent ‘no small portion of New Zealand’s modest capacity to project military power.’ He then asks, ‘if New Zealand can have a period of months when it does without that capacity in its entirety, would the lights really go out if there were no frigates at all?’

Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/keeping-the-lights-on-the-need-for-new-zealand-to-increase-its-maritime-capability
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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.

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.

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."

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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