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Author: Fiona Connor

An Auckland woman looking for a new home was hurt when a homeowner hung up on her after confirming her she was on Work and Income. 

The beneficiary, who asked only to be referred to as Sharon, has multiple sclerosis and receives the supported living benefit. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/homeowner-refuses-rental-to-woman-with-multiple-sclerosis-receiving-work-and-income.html
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A stellar fight between two stars has been captured in stunning imagery.

Telescopes in Chile recently captured a fight between two stars, including the moment one star swallowed the other.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/119331488/a-stellar-fight-stunning-images-show-the-moment-a-star-swallowed-another-star
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Author: Gerry Shih - The Washington Post

A Chinese doctor who was silenced by police for trying to share news about the new coronavirus long before Chinese health authorities disclosed its full threat has died from the disease, his friends and colleagues said.

Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, became a national hero and a symbol of the Chinese government's systemic failings last month.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119333353/chinese-doctor-who-tried-to-raise-alarm-on-coronavirus-in-wuhan-dies-from-disease
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Author: Jamie Ensor

A Chinese doctor among the first to alert authorities to the deadly coronavirus has died from the illness.

Local media first reported on Friday morning (NZ Time), that Dr Li Wenliang had succumbed to the virus which has spread across the globe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) soon confirmed the news, saying "we all need to celebrate work that he did on" the illness.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-outbreak-chinese-doctor-who-warned-about-infection-dies-from-illness.html
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Author: Mike Hosking

We all know the impact the coronavirus is having on lives around the world, but particularly on business and tourism back here in New Zealand.

Now the call has gone out for a delay in raising the minimum wage because of it.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/julie-white-hospitality-nz-calls-for-delay-to-minimum-wage-increase-due-to-coronavirus/
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Author: Newstalk ZB

Destiny's Church leader Brian Tamaki has got stuck into immigrants and Jacinda Ardern in a wide-ranging sermon at Waitangi.

He arrived with about 200 supporters, including his wife Hannah, and was one of many who spoke to the crowd of about 1500 people at an interdenominational service at Whare Rūnanga on the Upper Treaty Grounds.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/destinys-church-leader-brian-tamaki-addresses-crowd-at-waitangi
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Category: Defence
Author: Grant Wyeth: The Diplomat

“A contract for Canada to upgrade two New Zealand frigates illustrates a budding, mutually-beneficial, Pacific-focused relationship,” according to Melbourne-based political analyst Grant Wyeth reporting for Washington D.C.-based online international news magazine, The Diplomat.

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Article: https://www.nzedge.com/news/new-zealands-role-canadas-pacific-shift/
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Ten more people were sickened with coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess in Yokohama, one of two quarantined cruise ships with some 5,400 passengers and crew aboard, health officials in Japan said today.

The coronavirus death doll has now claimed 563 lives, with over 28,000 confirmed cases. 

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-zealander-among-group-people-infected-coronavirus-board-japan-cruise-ship
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