A Māori man living in Melbourne has been turned away from a restaurant for having a full-faced tā moko, or mataora.

Gary Harding, from Ngāti Porou, booked a table on Saturday night at the Village Belle restaurant to say thank you to a group of touch rugby coaches who had come over from Aotearoa to run some training sessions.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/115582051/man-with-t-moko-turned-away-from-melbourne-restaurant
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Ekant Veer, who is an associate professor at the University of Canterbury, is one of four tertiary students and staff that spoke to RNZ about racism they have experienced in New Zealand.

He said New Zealand's racism is far more casual compared to other places in the world.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161411-new-zealands-racism-far-more-casual-than-elsewhere-says-academic.html
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City councillor and mayoral candidate Lee Vandervis brought the house down - in all the wrong ways - at the first of Dunedin's mayoral debates today.

The event, at the University of Otago's main common room, was organised by the Otago University Students' Association and watched by a crowd of about 130 mainly younger students.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/young-voters-dont-know-enough-vandervis?fbclid=IwAR2D90SWmIT7nQB1tCI6PuoZcOgaXkQBe8qpOn5N_n-WUQ6WpvKHRtTs9wI
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The US State Department and the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a travel warning to its citizens over New Zealand's current measles outbreak.

New Zealand is currently facing a massive increase in measles cases, with 821 cases of measles in Auckland, and 991 confirmed cases notified across the country.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/us-state-department-issues-nz-travel-warning-over-measles-outbreak/
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The Government's planning the biggest water quality reforms in almost 30 years.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and Environment Minister David Parker on Thursday unveiled new proposals for a swathe of major changes intended to clean up New Zealand's rivers, streams and lakes.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/david-parker-government-unveils-sweeping-waterways-clean-up-plan/
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A British boy says he is "lucky to be alive" after a trampoline spring was lodged into his back in an incident he says "must be rarer than a lightning strike".

Jamie Quinlan, a 12-year-old boy from Lincolnshire in eastern England, was playing on a friend's trampoline on Saturday when a spring broke off, ripped through his shirt, and lodged into his back, reports the BBC.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/freak-accident-trampoline-spring-shoots-into-british-child-s-back-like-a-bullet.html
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An elderly man who fell over in a public toilet in Christchurch had his phone stolen after calling out for help. 

On Saturday, 92-year-old Gordon Proctor fell over in the toilet in the suburb of New Brighton, Star News reports. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/elderly-christchurch-resident-falls-over-man-steals-his-phone.html
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Police have published an amended price list for prohibited firearms and parts eligible under the buy-back scheme.

This is the fourth iteration of the price list since the announcement of the buy-back and amnesty on 20 June 2019.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161381-updated-prohibited-firearms-price-list-released.html
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