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Written by NighthawkNZ

Category: News

Published: 04 March 2020

Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is confident New Zealand is "equipped to deal" with COVID-19 as a second case of the virus is confirmed and two Auckland schools are on alert. 

A woman in her 30s was confirmed on Wednesday as New Zealand's second case of COVID-19, or coronavirus, after she travelled to Auckland from northern Italy, where the virus is now widespread. 

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Read more: New Zealand 'equipped to deal' with coronavirus amid second case

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/covid-19-jacinda-ardern-confident-new-zealand-equipped-to-deal-with-coronavirus-amid-second-case.html

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Written by NighthawkNZ

Category: News

Published: 03 March 2020

Author: Vita Molyneux

Extinction Rebellion protesters have tied themselves to a huge oil rig in the Marlborough Sounds to protest deep-sea oil drilling.

Two members of the climate activism group boarded the 100-metre high OMV rig at 10:30am on Tuesday and fastened themselves to the side of the vessel. 

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Read more: Extinction Rebellion protesters tie themselves to gigantic oil rig in Marlborough Sounds

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/extinction-rebellion-protesters-tie-themselves-to-gigantic-oil-rig-in-marlborough-sounds.html

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Written by NighthawkNZ

Category: News

Published: 03 March 2020

Author: RNZ

You may have heard the phrase penny for a pound, now a new term has been coined - the 'what the hell effect'.

Researchers at New York University's Stern School of Business have been studying the 'Denomination Effect' and why consumers spend more than they normally would once they've broken a large note like $50 and $100.

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Read more: Why you should always keep a $100 bill in your wallet

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018735388/why-you-should-always-keep-a-100-bill-in-your-wallet

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Published: 03 March 2020

Author: George Block

Outlandish coronavirus conspiracy theories have spread across the world almost as fast as the virus.

Stuff spoke to the University of Waikato's M R X Dentith, who wrote a book on the philosophy of conspiracy theories, to find out why they take hold.

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Read more: Coronavirus: Debunking the baseless virus conspiracy theories in NZ

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119980415/coronavirus-baseless-conspiracy-theories-go-viral-in-nz

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