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New Zealanders – like Jacinda Ardern – might not be shocked by earthquakes, but we do get scared | Charlotte Graham-McClay

Many of us recognised ourselves in the PM’s cool response to an earthquake on live TV, but we do fear the ‘big one’As I awoke to the bedroom shuddering and rattling around me on Monday morning, my first thought was a frantic household census, followed …

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Cyclone Harold: relief for Vanuatu delayed by coronavirus contamination fears

Humanitarian supplies flown in by Australian government can’t be touched for three days due to strict quarantine rules The distribution of urgent cyclone relief supplies brought into Vanuatu by the Australian government has been delayed due to coronavi…

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