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A person who was travelling across the country over the holidays has been confirmed to have measles in Christchurch.
The person was diagnosed in Christchurch and Canterbury DHB has been working to identify all close contacts and offer advice.
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Read more: Measles warning after infected person travels New Zealand over holidays
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/measles-warning-after-infected-person-travels-new-zealand-over-holidays.html
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As the number of Kiwis using cheques continues to decline, NZ Post has announced its decision to stamp out cheques from the end of next month.
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Read more: NZ Post to stop taking cheques
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/01/nz-post-to-stop-taking-cheques.html
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A petition supporting an Australian firefighter who told Prime Minister Scott Morrison to "get f***ed" in an on-camera rant has been taken down after a Rural Fire Service (RFS) spokesperson rubbished the claims that the firefighter faced dismissal.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/change-org-petition-supporting-anti-morrison-firefighter-against-alleged-dismissal-is-taken-down.html
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Josie Adams writes for The Spinoff
Bushfire season in Australia traditionally runs from December-March, but since August last year fires have been scorching the country in an unprecedented wave of destruction. We look at the fires by numbers.
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Read more: The numbers telling the terrible story
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/australia-bushfires-the-numbers-telling-the-terrible-story.html
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Australia is burning. Thousands of
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Read more: How Kiwis can help those affected by the Australian bushfires
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/118603130/how-kiwis-can-help-those-affected-by-the-australian-bushfires?cid=facebook.post
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This story was originally published on Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission.
New Zealand's old-growth forests, grasslands and one billion trees programme are a leafy basket of carbon sequestration. But is it wise to put all our eggs in one flammable basket? Eloise Gibson and Farah Hancock report on the risk fire poses to our above and below-ground carbon sinks
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Read more: The burning irony of our climate policy fix
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/118627452/the-burning-irony-of-our-climate-policy-fix
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Twenty-four alleged firestarters have been arrested in Australia after police clamped down on people deliberately starting fires.
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Read more: Police crack down on deliberate firestarters
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/australia-bushfires-police-crack-down-on-deliberate-firestarters.html
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The ABC were at it again last week, fawning over 23 former fire and emergency leaders who commented, outside their area of expertise, about an alleged relationship between bushfires and climate change.
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Read more: Stop blaming climate change for a bushfire crisis
- Article: https://volunteerfirefighters.org.au/it-is-high-time-bureaucrats-and-politicians-stopped-blaming-climate-change-for-a-bushfire-crisis-that-is-very-much-of-their-own-making-and-is-putting-lives-at-risk
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