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Author: Alice Wilkins

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he has ordered American companies to exit China after Beijing unveiled retaliatory tariffs on US$75 billion in US goods, throwing a new twist into the bitter trade war between the world's two largest economies.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/08/trump-orders-us-companies-to-stop-trading-in-china-better-off-without-them.html
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Author: Alice Wilkins

Gun owners and hunting enthusiasts have gathered in Taupō for a popular hunting and trade show.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/09/gun-owners-blast-government-at-taup-hunting-show.html
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Author: Frank Chung

The OK hand sign has officially been labelled a white supremacist "hate symbol" by US anti-bigotry organisation the Anti-Defamation League.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12271621
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Author: Katie Fitzgerald

A vegan in the UK is hitting out at a bakery chain she claims poisoned her by accidentally giving her a meat sausage roll instead of a plant-based one. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2019/09/vegan-claims-uk-supermarket-poisoned-her-for-life-with-sausage-roll.html
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Author: Sam Kilmister and Caroline Williams

A two-year-old has died following a collision between a motorbike and five pedestrians in Palmerston North, police confirmed.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116170054/twoyearold-dies-after-latenight-crash-involving-motorbike-and-five-pedestrians?cid=app-iPhone&fbclid=IwAR0G7VUH0LkpWnX1YycGPIiPYYj-RSeRX2CdiIpikyGNGvGVLHBnkGtzi1U
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(CNN) Climate activist Greta Thunberg will cross the Atlantic on a zero-emissions sailboat on her way to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23.

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Article: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/29/europe/greta-thunberg-sailboat-scli-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1LegBAOkqVz9f_NTc24kCGPHBuIdf5mM9iqUiPVvQgeeyvaio09yiZ4fo
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Neil Construction Ltd (an overseas owned company) has recently purchased commercial land right next to the Whenuapai Air Base with the intention of turning it into housing. They have had the zoning changed (simply to increase the value of the land) and have taken the Air Force to the environment court to get them to reduce noise (and won the first ruling). 

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Article: https://www.change.org/p/neil-construction-ltd-stop-neil-construction-ltd-from-ruining-whenuapai?recruiter=79903095&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=45df691a-a13c-4f67-b13d-73354c7462a4&share_bandit_exp=abi-18095896-en-GB&share_bandit_var=v2&utm_content=fht-18095896-en-gb%3Av5
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Author: Glenn McConnell and Caroline Williams

Metallica co-founder James Hetfield has entered rehab, meaning the band's New Zealand tour has been cancelled.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/116172066/metallica-cofounder-james-hetfield-enters-rehab-bands-nz-tour-postponed
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  1. Search for girl swept away in river to continue through the night
  2. Family of girl swept into river speak of 'incomprehensible' time
  3. Body of young girl found on West Coast
  4. Consumer confidence slips to 4-year low

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