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Author: RNZ

Netflix is cracking down on password sharing to stop multiple people from accessing one account.

It estimates up to 100 million subscribers have people outside their households piggybacking on their accounts for free.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2023/02/explainer-what-will-the-password-crackdown-do-to-netflix.html
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Author: Reuters

The US shooting down of what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon and Beijing says was a civilian scientific vessel accidentally blown off course has fuelled widespread questions, including about the balloon itself.

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International prosecutors said they had found "strong indications" Vladimir Putin approved the use in Ukraine of a Russian missile system that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over the east of the country in 2014.

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Author: Mark Quinlivan

Skyrocketing inflation will still wipe out some retirees' pay rises despite superannuation being adjusted to the consumer price index (CPI), according to experts.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2023/02/escalating-inflation-set-to-wipe-out-boosts-to-superannuation-experts-say.html
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Author: Mark Quinlivan & William Terite

New Zealand authorities have seized more than $500 million worth of cocaine in what police say is one of the biggest-ever drug hauls in the country.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/02/authorities-seize-half-a-billion-dollars-worth-of-cocaine-in-one-of-new-zealand-s-biggest-drug-busts.html
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Author: Jenna Lynch

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has begun chucking policies on the bonfire in an effort to refocus his Government on the cost of living crisis.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/02/the-major-announcements-from-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-big-policy-refocus.html
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The discovery of 81 bales of cocaine will land a "major financial blow" to illegal drug market, the police commissioner says.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483868/cocaine-bust-half-a-billion-dollars-worth-of-drugs-seized-in-pacific-ocean
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The Government this afternoon announced the hourly minimum wage will go up to $22.70 from this April - a 7% increase.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/08/govt-announces-minimum-wage-to-rise-from-april-1/
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