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Author: TVNZ

Every year it's a race against time for Hop farmers and brewers as they attempt to make beer only found in New Zealand.

Nestled away in Tasman, Hop Farm Brewery are running a complex operation.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/12/a-beer-produced-only-in-nz-has-flowers-as-the-main-ingredient/
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Author: Virginia Fallon, Nadine Porter, Ellen O'Dwyer and Nathan Morton

Kiwis are being hit with a double whammy as the cost of living skyrockets amid the country’s Omicron outbreak.

Constant price hikes are more of a concern for some than coronavirus, and many are struggling to make ends meet.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/128038471/the-big-stretch-kiwis-more-worried-about-rising-prices-than-omicron-outbreak
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Author: Jaclyn Peiser

When a guest who was scheduled to read to second-year students over Zoom earlier this month didn't show up, the assistant principal at a Mississippi elementary school, improvised.

Toby Price's boss at Gary Road Elementary School suggested Price read to the students, so he reached for one of his favorite children's books: I Need a New Butt! written by New Zealander Dawn McMillan and illustrated by Ross Kinnaird. (In New Zealand, the book is titled I Need a New Bum!) McMillan is a prolific author of children’s books. Stuff has approached her for comment.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/300539612/an-assistant-principal-in-the-us-read-a-new-zealand-childrens-book-to-young-students--he-was-fired
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Author: Giles Dexter

Major companies are heading for the exit en masse, with Coca-Cola and McDonald's the latest to cease operations following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

McDonald's announced on Wednesday it would close its 850 outlets in Russia but would continue paying salaries to its 62,000 employees.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-why-global-companies-are-putting-profit-at-risk-and-racing-to-get-out-of-russia.html
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Author: Lisette Reymer

Russia has widened its war in Ukraine with several new cities experiencing the sudden jolt of war without warning.

The fresh round of attacks was launched in western cities far from Moscow's main targets elsewhere in Ukraine and could indicate a new direction of where this war is headed.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-russian-attacks-expand-into-western-ukraine.html
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The Government will look at ways to help refugees from the war in Ukraine, including helping those with family here reunite, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi says. 

Speaking on Newshub Nation Faafoi said Cabinet will meet next week to discuss how to help New Zealand-based Ukrainain families who want to bring relatives here. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2022/03/government-to-help-families-of-nz-based-ukrainians-stranded-in-war-torn-country.html
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Author: Mark Longley

A third Russian Major General has been killed in the Ukraine conflict, landing another blow on Vladimir Putin's invasion plans. 

Ukrainian officials said Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, commander of the 29th army of Russia's eastern district, had been killed.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/third-russian-general-killed-as-assault-on-kyiv-stalls.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

As Vladimir Putin's forces attack a Ukrainian maternity hospital, strike residential apartment blocks with missiles and advance towards the capital of Kyiv, there are continued calls for New Zealand to send a strong message of condemnation by expelling the Russian Ambassador.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-cases-for-and-against-expelling-russian-ambassador-to-new-zealand.html
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