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Author: Dan Satherley

The Ministry of Health says Friday morning's announcement of a global health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak won't change the way they've been handling it to date.

So far 212 people have been killed by 2019-nCov, all in China, while 8000 have been infected - most in China, but cases have been reported in Germany, the US and Japan.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/coronavirus-emergency-call-won-t-change-nz-s-response-health-officials.html
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Author: Vita Molyneux

One person in Auckland now "fits the criteria" for a suspected case of coronavirus.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield announced on Friday the person is being tested and is in isolation in Auckland Hospital. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/one-person-in-auckland-fits-criteria-for-suspected-case-of-coronavirus.html
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 and like they are still traveling close borders and starve the virus out... if the virus can't find a new host it will starve...
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Author: Ana Renker-Darby and David Robertson

After the Zero Carbon Bill was passed into law last year, the climate change minister acclaimed Generation Zero for its critical role in the historic legislation. Today, two representatives of the young people’s organisation say the infrastructure spend announced yesterday gravely compromises those values.

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Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-01-2020/this-spend-up-on-roads-betrays-the-values-of-the-zero-carbon-act/
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Author: Emma Perry and Chris Morris

Scott Weatherall is calling for the Dunedin City Council to reconsider Smooth Hill as the location for a new landfill, as candidates on community boards had the chance to have their say at the pre-draft annual plan hearings yesterday.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/call-landfill-rethink
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Author: Newstalk ZB,

National says Labour has put a nail in the coffin when it comes to the Woodend bypass

The project missed out on funding in yesterday's infrastructure announcement.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-chris-lynch/audio/simon-bridges-south-island-is-the-forgotten-island-by-government/
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Author: Nighthawk

Police are seeking anyone with more information of the reports of a man who was sighted chocking the lizard in a north Dunedin cemetery on Wednesday.

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A woman has been charged with stealing $225,000 from New Zealand Defence Force social club accounts, then using most of that money for gambling.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119147337/woman-accused-of-embezzling-funds-from-defence-force-social-club-accounts
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Author: RNZ

One in three middle-aged people who live on their own earn so little they are facing an improvished old age.

Today's recommendation by the interim Retirement Commissioner against increasing the age for NZ superannuation has come with an ominous warning about the need to prepare for retirement.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/408426/future-retirees-face-more-financial-hardship-research-suggests
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  1. Chinese President admits situation 'grim and complex'
  2. Government is trying to trick us with infrastructure announcement
  3. Staggering number of recyclable plastic containers sent to landfill every year
  4. New Zealand to partner with Australia to get stranded Kiwis out of Wuhan

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