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The AA says the cost of 95 and 98 octane petrol will drop ahead of the general election as fuel retailers move to display the price of premium fuel, ahead of any formal regulation.
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Read more: AA says the price of fuel will drop drastically this year
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Nearly $12million in capital spending has been shaved off Dunedin’s draft budget as the Dunedin City Council faces a proposed 6.5% increase in the rates take.
Councillors will meet this week to consider staff budget proposals as the council enters the third year of the long-term plan for 2018-28.
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Read more: Spending cut but 6.5% rates increase proposed
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/spending-cut-65-rates-increase-proposed
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So... it starts... more tax, but get less in return... well I can safely say I didn't vote for that...
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On Thursday, after delaying for an extra day of deliberation, the World Health Organisation decided not to declare the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus to be a PHEIC - a public health emergency of international concern.
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Read more: Why the WHO held off on declaring the Wuhan coronavirus a global health emergency
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119058004/why-the-who-held-off-on-declaring-the-wuhan-coronavirus-a-global-health-emergency
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Personally, if you have been to China, and or been in area that has been infected... you go into quarantine... no ifs no buts... after 3 weeks, if you have no sign ok ...
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It's a sweltering hot Sunday afternoon, Taradale town centre, Hawke's Bay.
A week ago bullets were flying here, a swarm of gangsters were brawling on the main road, shopkeepers ducked for cover and locals were fleeing the place as fast as they could.
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Read more: This is our patch, it's not their patch'
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119053371/this-is-our-patch-its-not-their-patch-taradale-community-meets-over-gangs
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The Government is set to announce one of the biggest infrastructure packages in New Zealand history with $12 billion worth of spending to be announced on week.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson will detail a list of projects up and down the country that will be funded, with a suite of roads, rail, and hospital upgrades expected to be on the list.
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Read more: Government set to announce $12b infrastructure splurge, with a lot of it going to roads
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119064149/government-set-to-announce-12b-infrastructure-splurge-with-a-lot-of-it-going-to-roads
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There is a high chance that deadly coronavirus will make it to New Zealand, but health officials are confident they can prevent an outbreak.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay briefed media in Wellington about the risk of the virus arriving.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/119065220/600-passengers-screened-at-auckland-airport-for-coronavirus
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Fiji authorities are holding six Chinese travellers in quarantine as a precaution after they failed to gain entry to Samoa.
Samoa's government has confirmed the six were refused entry for not meeting strict quarantine requirements implemented on Friday.
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Read more: 6 quarantined in Fiji - Pacific nations on alert for coronavirus
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/pacific-nations-on-alert-for-coronavirus-6-quarantined-in-fiji.html
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The Ministry of Health is stepping up measures to control the entry of the deadly coronavirus into New Zealand by dispatching public health staff to meet all incoming flights from China.
A flight from mainland China is due to touch down in Auckland tomorrow at 6.30am.
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- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2020/01/26/health-minister-steps-up-precautions-announces-all-flights-from.html
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