Author: Amber-Leigh Woolf

Cracks beneath Wairarapa have been put under new pressure by the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, increasing the potential for "giant earthquakes" that could damage large swathes of the country.

New research has found the 2016 Kaikōura quake had "loaded" the Wairarapa fault line to the north, which may now be at breaking point.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119778507/slipping-and-stressed-wairarapa-fault-line-could-produce-giant-earthquakes--report
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 So the article says... "The 2016 magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake could have "stress loaded" on to its counterpart, the Wairarapa fault." which is possibly true but it could have released the pressure as well.

 
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Author: Hannah Kronast

Lotto Powerball's $42 million jackpot has failed to find a winner and will now increase again.

Tonight's Powerball numbers were: 2, 3, 8, 21, 30, 33. Bonus Ball: 13. Powerball: 6.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/02/lotto-powerball-not-won-jackpot-increases-again.html
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Author: Hannah Kronast

A US woman has been arrested for attacking a mother on a US bus in what is believed to be a racially motivated attack.

Nimo Jire Kalinle, 42, faces hate crime charges after she started punching Janae Jordan as the women separately exited a bus in Portland, Oregon.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/mum-punched-on-us-bus-in-an-alleged-racially-motivated-attack.html
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Author: EvansAmbrose -Pritchard

ANALYSIS: Covid-19 is self-evidently beyond the point of meaningful containment for the world as a whole.

Virologists and infectious disease experts have known for three weeks that this was highly probable, and certainly not a mere tail-risk as suggested by equity market pricing. We are now there.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/119809673/with-coronavirus-uncontained-the-global-economy-is-heading-for-a-sudden-halt
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Author: Mark Quinlivan

Frustrated landlords say the tenants they're trying to evict won't leave despite their lease being terminated by the Tenancy Tribunal.

Landlords Tuffley Developments Ltd bought the Oamaru property on Kingsley St in December 2018, according to a tribunal decision released last month.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/otago-landlords-struggle-to-evict-11-people-living-in-four-bedroom-house-with-three-dogs.html
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Author: Florence Kerr and Thomas Manch

For years the soldier travelled on white nationalist internet forums, praising Hitler and recording podcasts about fostering fascism in New Zealand.

Maybe it went unnoticed. Maybe it was of little concern at the time.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119627639/whats-public-and-whats-secret-in-the-case-of-the-soldier-arrested-for-breaching-national-security
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Author: Peter Cullen

OPINION: Finding the right person for the job can be a tough task for an employer.

Inevitably, the values of an employer are going to influence the operation they run and the sort of employees they seek. As a result, job advertsreflect diverse values and the outlook of a wide range of different people.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/119753050/women-need-not-apply-job-adverts-reveal-changing-employer-biases
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Author: James Fyfe

Iran's deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus, as the Middle East country continues to battle a recent spike in cases.

The country's Health Ministry on Tuesday (local time) confirmed Iraj Harirchi had contracted the illness. Harirchi had been experiencing weakness and flu-like symptoms on Monday before holding a news conference and subsequently tested positive for the COVID-19 - the official name for coronavirus - later in the day.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-iranian-deputy-health-minister-mp-confirmed-to-have-virus.html
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