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A Kiwi-made water-based sanitiser has tested 99.99 per cent effective against coronavirus for up to 30 days on surfaces and 24 hours on hands.
Zoono's sales increased five-fold since the Australia sharemarket listed company announced its lab tests confirmed the sanitiser was 99.99 per cent effective against the current strain of Covid-19 coronavirus, last week.
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Read more: Kiwi sanitiser Zoono tests 99.99% effective against coronavirus, sales increase five
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/120002857/kiwi-sanitiser-zoono-tests-9999-effective-against-coronavirus-sales-increase-fivefold
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A Wellington iwi has put restrictions on the hongi following the announcement of a second coronavirus case in New Zealand.
Taranaki Whānui’s spokesperson Kura Moeahu told TVNZ1's Te Karere that the iwi held a discussion last night about what would happen to the hongi with the arrival of the virus to New Zealand.
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Read more: Wellington iwi restricts hongi as Aotearoa records second coronavirus case
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2020/03/04/wellington-iwi-_restricts-hongi-in-wake-of-coronavirus.html
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A police officer crept into a fellow police officer's motel room and sexually assaulted her, a court has heard.
The 29-year-old accused appeared on Wednesday at Auckland District Court where he is on trial before Judge Evangelos Thomas and a jury.
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Read more: Cop sexually assaulted fellow officer as she slept, court hears
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The spread of COVID-19 has fuelled "another excuse for racism to rear its ugly head", says a Singaporean student who was subjected to a brutal, racially-motivated assault in London.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/coronavirus-student-from-singapore-savagely-beaten-in-racially-motivated-attack-in-london.html
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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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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
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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
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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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