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With H5N1 now in Australia, New Zealand's biosecurity systems, poultry producers and conservation teams are preparing for its arrival on our shores 
The bird flu has landed in Australia, and there are fears it's now ready for take-off to New Zealand

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There's an unpalatable solution proposed to combat illicit tobacco and the violent behaviour that comes with it - reduce the tax on legal cigarettes 
Some experts are blaming excessive excise tax for making legal cigarettes so expensive that it's opened the door for illicit tobacco
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The ball is in Netball New Zealand's court as players and staff wait for word on the future of the ANZ Premiership
Last year's Silver Ferns coaching saga and recent board changes may have been another roadblock to locking in the ANZ Premiership
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The Government says it's protecting the future of disability support, while critics say it's taking away workers' rights and letting itself off the hook
The disability community has largely reacted to the bill with outrage, with one advocate saying the Government is shutting people down 'in the cruellest and most perverse way'
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Doctors would rather you walk through their door with a niggle about chest pains than not be seen and have a worse outcome
When you hear of apparently fit and healthy people dropping dead from a medical event, that's often the first symptom they've had of cardiac disease
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