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Author: Denise Piper

There are fears the Delta outbreak devastating Fiji could hitch a ride to Northland, with about 50 yachts set to sail into the Bay of Islands soon to avoid the Pacific's cyclone season.

Northland’s Opua has been the designated port of arrival for all small craft in New Zealand since 2020, when Covid-19 border controls restricted who can sail into the country.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126387605/covid19-fifty-yachts-to-sail-from-fiji-to-northland-raising-health-fears
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Author: Jamie Ensor

More than 60 human rights groups and activists are sending the Foreign Affairs Minister an open letter calling for the Government to escalate support for those remaining in Afghanistan.

Concerns about a humanitarian crisis and potential economic collapse in the central Asia nation continue to mount, as poverty rates spiral in the wake of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban seizing control in August. The treatment of women is also under scrutiny, with the Taliban's all-male Government already taking a hardline approach. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/afghanistan-sixty-new-zealand-human-rights-groups-activists-call-for-government-to-escalate-response-to-humanitarian-disaster.html
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Author: Jenna Lynch

Newshub can reveal the man who allegedly escaped from quarantine (MIQ) earlier this month was released early from MIQ and sent home without spending a full 14 days in a facility.

And it's not just him. The Ministry of Health admits quarantine facilities in Auckland aren't yet following strict new 14-day Delta rules because of capacity constraints.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/covid-19-alleged-quarantine-escapee-sent-home-after-just-10-days-without-being-tested.html
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Author: Scott Palmer & Giles Dexter

The couple accused of flouting alert level 4 lockdown rules to travel to Wānaka can now be revealed after their name suppression lapsed on Tuesday night.

They are 35-year-old William Willis and his 26-year-old partner Hannah Rawnsley.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/wanaka-couple-s-identity-revealed-as-william-willis-hannah-rawnsley-after-name-suppression-lapses.html
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Author: Daisy Hudson

The Auckland couple who sparked outrage after flouting lockdown rules and flying to Wanaka have broken their silence, saying their actions were inexcusable.

Interim name suppression has lapsed for William Willis (35) and Hannah Rawnsley (26), who police say crossed the Level 4 border from Auckland using essential worker exemptions before driving to Hamilton Airport on Thursday.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/deeply-sorry-wanaka-holidaymakers-named
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Author: RNZ

One more week of level 4 restrictions is "probably not" a long enough time to contain the Auckland COVID-19 Delta outbreak, University of Auckland epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson says.

Prof Jackson told Checkpoint the Government's decision on Monday was the right one, "but I think they should have said: 'Unless Aucklanders are staunch, it's going to be at least two weeks'."

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/coronavirus-expert-says-delta-is-basically-a-new-disease-we-probably-shouldn-t-call-it-covid-anymore.html
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Author: Nighthawk

To the average person being hacked, they usually think virus, trojan or even a direct attack hack... getting information from their computer and while for the most part this is most likely true. But it is not the only way information is hacked from you. There are many ways it is done where you yourself are freely giving up information online in an innocent-looking post that over a period of time is gathering information about you. 

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Author: RNZ

Police were alerted to a couple who flouted lockdown rules by travelling to Wānaka from Auckland by people dobbing them in online.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/couple-flouted-auckland-lockdown-rules-were-dobbed-in-online
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  1. Queenstown Lakes mayor condemns 'selfish' Auckland couple who crossed Auckland border, flew to Wanaka
  2. Auckland couple who flouted lockdown rules to escape to holiday home seek name suppression
  3. COVID-19 Delta outbreak day 26: How it unfolded
  4. Afghan women can study at university but classes must be segregated - Taliban

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