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It can take up to three weeks for birds to start showing signs of disease, Professor Jemma Geoghegan says.

Advocates say one in five girls in Solomon Islands is married before the age of 18, and this increases to one in four in rural areas. Audio

Meanwhile, officials now believe an existing disease, not bird flu, killed chickens at a small free range.

The cyclist's family say the last three weeks have been emotionally and financially draining.

Rural kids suffer severe appendicitis four times the rate of those in urban areas, and Māori children double the rate than non-Māori. Audio

The Forestry Owners Association says they're trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist and are using a blunt tool to do so.

Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird flu has been identified. Audio

"The behaviours of some of the people in our organisation, particularly ... during Olivia's induction, were appalling," Simon Peterson told an inquest.

Police are going door to door in a neighbourhood as they seek more information after his remains were found at a rural location near Tokoroa last month.

A small free-range poultry farm is being tested for the flu after a number of hens died, officials say.

The man has been charged over two incidents, one in March last year and one in 2007, with a boy who was then 14.

About 650 households have been encouraged to make use of provided water tanks due rising levels of nitrate in their drinking water.