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Author: Lorna Thornber

To those who have never had the good fortune to meet a Kiwi or visit our fair isles, New Zealand can seem like a fairly mysterious - even fantastical - place. Others just reckon it must be boring as hell to be "trapped" in a tiny island nation at the bottom of the world. 

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/kiwi-traveller/117078690/do-kiwis-feel-trapped-and-other-odd-questions-about-new-zealand
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Author: Jeremy Wilkinson

Organisers of a gun show selling legal antique firearms can't get a plug in their local paper due to a ban on all firearms content.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/402261/ban-on-gun-ads-infuriates-organisers-of-a-taranaki-antique-firearms-event
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A Dunedin man has died from Legionnaires Disease, which he is believed to have contracted from compost.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/dunedin-man-dies-legionnaires-disease
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Author: Hannah Martin

Contracting measles doesn't just make you feel lousy and put you at risk of potentially life-threatening complications, it can also cripple your immune system for years. 

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/117054793/measles-weakens-immune-system-for-years-leaving-people-vulnerable-to-other-infections--study
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Police Minister Stuart Nash has issued a reminder that time is running out for gun owners to take part in the firearms amnesty and buyback.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/over-32-000-illegal-weapons-handed-in-gun-buyback-enters-final-50-days
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A depraved video game based on the Christchurch mosque slayings has been banned in New Zealand.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/abhorrent-video-game-based-on-christchurch-attacks-banned/
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Health officials in Samoa have closed all pre-schools following deaths they've linked to measles.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/helen-petousis-harris-new-zealand-should-help-samoa-with-measles-crisis/
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Category: Defence
Author: New Zealand Defence Force

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has sent 21 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts to help the Australian Defence Force and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force remove unexploded Second World War explosives in the Solomon Islands.

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Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/nzdf-sends-explosive-ordnance-disposal-experts-to-solomon-islands-42da5fcd9143
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