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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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Read more: China changes its detection method again, leading to drop in new cases
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-china-changes-its-detection-method-again-leading-to-drop-in-new-cases.html
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The Mayor of a South Korean city at the centre of a new coronavirus outbreak has told residents to stay indoors as a surge in confirmed cases raised the prospect of wider transmission.
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Two New Zealand passengers leaving the Diamond Princess cruise liner in Japan have tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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Read more: Two more NZ cruise ship passengers test positive
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/119660920/coronavirus-two-more-nz-cruise-ship-passengers-test-positive
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The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of five C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and related equipment to New Zealand for an estimated cost of $1.4 billion.
The sale will be conducted through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on Nov. 20.
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Read more: New Zealand Cleared to Procure Five C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft
- Article: https://defpost.com/new-zealand-cleared-to-procure-five-c-130j-super-hercules-aircraft/
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An elderly West Coast man has appealed to the Government not to take his land after more than 70 per cent of it was classed as a significant natural area (SNA).
Tony Barrett, 86, lives alone on his 607-hectare block on Arnold Valley Rd, east of Greymouth.
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Read more: Elderly man to lose 70% of farm in 'blatant attack' on property rights
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