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Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China earlier today and the number of people infected more than quadrupled due to a cluster of cases that prompted officials to order schools, restaurants and businesses to close.
State-run RAI television reported a 78-year-old man, one of two people in northern Veneto region to have been infected, died yesterday.
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Read more: Italy reports first coronavirus death as cases surge in South Korea, Japan and Iran
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An 8-year-old child was high on drugs as holiday celebrations at a southern resort town veered from underage drinking to drug use, it has been claimed.
Agencies are responding to growing concerns about drug use and underage drinking in Wanaka after incidents over the New Year break.
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Read more: 8-year-old 'high on drugs' during Wanaka festivities
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/8-year-old-high-drugs-during-wanaka-festivities
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Fuck I hate people... just why the fuck... just why...
When Lower Hutt man Andrew Wickham joined the New Zealand Army in 1990 his recruiter didn’t tell him he would spend a good part of the next 30 years posted to some of the most unforgiving places in the world in testing conditions.
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Read more: Lower Hutt soldier thriving on challenges at Taji complex in Iraq
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/lower-hutt-soldier-thriving-on-challenges-at-taji-complex-in-iraq-b702a90915fa
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A school principal who asked parents if their kids didn't want to sing the national anthem for "cultural or religious reasons" says none have asked to have their kids opted out.
Carlton Primary in Whanganui sent a text to parents this week asking if they could get in touch "if you do not want your child to sing the national anthem at assembly due to cultural or religious reason", NZME reports.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/school-lets-students-opt-out-of-singing-national-anthem-for-cultural-or-religious-reasons.html
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Kiwis are living two years longer now than they did when the age of superannuation was set at 65, costing the taxpayer billions, new figures show.
On average, New Zealand men born today can expect to live 78 years and women 83.
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Read more: Time to means-test superannuation like other forms of welfare - economist Shamubeel Eaqub
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/time-to-means-test-superannuation-like-other-forms-of-welfare-economist-shamubeel-eaqub.html
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Police with riot shields have stormed a Palmerston North student street as hundreds of partying students spilled on to the street amid burning couches.
Officers swarmed Ada St about 11.30 on Thursday night, finding two couches on fire and more than 400 drunken students crowded in the middle of the road.
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Read more: Palmerston North student parties get out of hand; police with riot shields storm street
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119696633/palmerston-north-student-parties-get-out-of-hand-police-with-riot-shields-storm-street
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So, they are out causing havoc, may seem like harmless fun, but look into history, people get hurt. the student loans debt 19 billion dollars, if they don't stop or get arrested, expelled and blocked from going to any other university, and get any student loan money back... simple... and if they can't it becomes a standard load with interest, and the first payment must be made with the week... It will make them think before they start doing too much of stupid thing...
WATCH || HMNZS Manawanui looking good from all angles. Check out this 360 view taken from a Seasprite helicopter. Cleared for departure ✅ HMNZS Manawanui heads to sea for the first time since her commissioning in June last year, as part of her Sea Acceptance Readiness Checks. It all builds towards Operation Readiness for our Navy's newest fleet member. HMNZS Manawanui
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Read more: HMNZS Manawanui Sea Acceptance Readiness Checks
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Mainland China has reported the lowest number of confirmed cases of a new coronavirus since late January, partly because of a change in diagnostic criteria for patients in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.
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