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Author: Laine Moger

A woman who was paralysed after paying for a private operation will be deported at the end of January, despite the risk to her health.

The woman, 48, and her husband, 51, faced deportation after their limited visas – issued to cover the medical procedure for her spine, which was carried out in Auckland – expired in June 2019.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/118709336/woman-paralysed-after-auckland-operation-to-be-deported-to-tonga
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is sending an environmental health team, a primary health care team and a chaplain to help battle bushfires in Australia.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118724757/nzdf-sends-health-teams-and-chaplain-to-help-fight-australian-bushfires
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Author: Charlotte Jones

If you bought your home in the past five years, you could be paying higher rates than your neighbours.

Whakatāne district's latest Quotable Value valuations have been released and one local is surprised her flat has been valued significantly higher than her three identical neighbours.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/407061/why-i-should-pay-more-whakatane-local-s-flat-rates-higher-than-neighbours
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Author: TVNZ

The New York Times says it has verified a video which appears to show a missile hitting a Ukrainian International Airlines plane shortly before it crashed in Iran.

The Boeing 737 crashed on Wednesday, shortly after take-off from Tehran airport, and hours after Iran had fired missiles at two military bases in Iraq housing US troops.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/video-appears-show-missile-hitting-doomed-ukrainian-plane-moments-before-crashes-in-iran
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Author: Conor Whitten

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel in Australia who are helping to fight the bushfires have arrived in their base-town Nowra, New South Wales (NSW), where vital work awaits them.

They will go wherever they're needed to move people and deliver crucial supplies, but they'll also be crucial to NSW firefighters. From the air, they can see where the fire is spreading and which communities stand in the way.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/australia-bushfires-new-zealand-defence-force-ready-to-assist-vital-work.html
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Author: Vita Molyneux

A helpful police officer has been praised on social media for pruning a roadside bush in Otago that was reducing visibility rather than ticketing drivers.

A photo of the policeman was posted to Reddit on Tuesday, captioned: "Top cop 2020 contender."

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/top-cop-spotted-pruning-hedges-in-otago-instead-of-giving-tickets.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

There is growing speculation a jet that crashed near Tehran, killing 176 people, may have been accidentally - or deliberately - shot down by Iranian air defences.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/iran-plane-crash-experts-cast-doubt-technical-issue-behind-flight-752-crash.html
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Author: Reuters & Vita Molyneux

Two rockets have fallen inside Baghdad's green zone, where the US embassy is located.

Two large blasts were heard, followed by sirens on Wednesday night in the Iraqi capital, Reuters witnesses said. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/two-blasts-heard-near-us-embassy-in-baghdad.html
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Note from Nighthawk.NZ:

  1. Iran calls on NZ to use its influence to promote peace
  2. Defence Force asked for national fire risk assessment to prevent large blazes
  3. NZ base not hit in attack - Winston Peters
  4. New Zealand's response to Soleimani assassination shamefully timid

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