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The deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread to 27 countries, infected roughly 81,000 people and killed more than 2700 since the outbreak began in China.
While there are no confirmed cases in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there's a "very high chance" the disease will arrive eventually.
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Read more: Coronavirus: How to protect yourself
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/coronavirus-how-to-protect-yourself.html
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Cracks beneath Wairarapa have been put under new pressure by the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, increasing the potential for "giant earthquakes" that could damage large swathes of the country.
New research has found the 2016 Kaikōura quake had "loaded" the Wairarapa fault line to the north, which may now be at breaking point.
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Read more: Slipping and stressed Wairarapa fault line could produce 'giant earthquakes'
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119778507/slipping-and-stressed-wairarapa-fault-line-could-produce-giant-earthquakes--report
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So the article says... "The 2016 magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake could have "stress loaded" on to its counterpart, the Wairarapa fault." which is possibly true but it could have released the pressure as well.
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Lotto Powerball's $42 million jackpot has failed to find a winner and will now increase again.
Tonight's Powerball numbers were: 2, 3, 8, 21, 30, 33. Bonus Ball: 13. Powerball: 6.
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Read more: LOTTO Lotto Powerball not won: Jackpot increases again
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/02/lotto-powerball-not-won-jackpot-increases-again.html
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A US woman has been arrested for attacking a mother on a US bus in what is believed to be a racially motivated attack.
Nimo Jire Kalinle, 42, faces hate crime charges after she started punching Janae Jordan as the women separately exited a bus in Portland, Oregon.
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Read more: Mum punched on US bus in an alleged racially motivated attack
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/mum-punched-on-us-bus-in-an-alleged-racially-motivated-attack.html
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ANALYSIS: Covid-19 is self-evidently beyond the point of meaningful containment for the world as a whole.
Virologists and infectious disease experts have known for three weeks that this was highly probable, and certainly not a mere tail-risk as suggested by equity market pricing. We are now there.
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Read more: With coronavirus uncontained, the global economy is heading for a sudden halt
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/119809673/with-coronavirus-uncontained-the-global-economy-is-heading-for-a-sudden-halt
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Frustrated landlords say the tenants they're trying to evict won't leave despite their lease being terminated by the Tenancy Tribunal.
Landlords Tuffley Developments Ltd bought the Oamaru property on Kingsley St in December 2018, according to a tribunal decision released last month.
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Read more: Otago landlords struggle to evict 11 people living in four-bedroom house with three dogs
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For years the soldier travelled on white nationalist internet forums, praising Hitler and recording podcasts about fostering fascism in New Zealand.
Maybe it went unnoticed. Maybe it was of little concern at the time.
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OPINION: Finding the right person for the job can be a tough task for an employer.
Inevitably, the values of an employer are going to influence the operation they run and the sort of employees they seek. As a result, job advertsreflect diverse values and the outlook of a wide range of different people.
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Read more: 'Women need not apply': Job adverts reveal changing employer biases
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/119753050/women-need-not-apply-job-adverts-reveal-changing-employer-biases
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