Author: Reuters

US President Donald Trump has offered China "any help that is necessary" to control a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 81 people and left tens of millions stranded on the biggest holiday of the year.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will "inspect and direct" efforts to control the outbreak and promised reinforcements, as provincial authorities faced accusations they failed to respond in time.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/coronavirus-outbreak-us-president-donald-trump-offers-any-help-that-is-necessary.html
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Author: Stuff, RNZ

A New Zealand citizen trapped at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is pleading with the Government to do more to get New Zealanders out.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119079486/new-zealander-stranded-in-wuhan-the-nz-government-is-falling-behind
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No... you are under quarantine... and can not put the risk to the rest of the population.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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...

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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 ...

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