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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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A New Zealander on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

In a statement to Stuff, a MFAT spokesperson said the ministry was giving consular assistance to a New Zealander who has tested positive for coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/119325398/kiwi-among-the-infected-on-coronavirus-quarantined-cruise-ship-in-japan--report
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Author: Fiona Connor & Emma Cropper
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A New Zealander has tested positive for coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, an MFAT spokesperson has confirmed to Newshub.

"No further details will be provided for privacy reasons," a spokesperson said. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/kiwi-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-on-cruise-ship-near-japan.html
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Author: Zeneicke Paulsen

Switzerland has come in 16 spots ahead of New Zealand to be named 2020's "most expensive" country to live in.

A report from CEOWORLD magazine identifies which countries around the world are the most and least expensive to live in. Their rankings are based on "five major metrics" - cost of living, rent, groceries, eating out and purchasing power.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/02/report-reveals-2020-s-most-expensive-countries-to-live-in.html
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Author: RNZ

The UK is no longer a member of the European Union – at least from an administrative point of view – and now begins the long and arduous process of negotiating trade deals with the rest of the world.

But where does that leave the UK's relationship with New Zealand?

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/02/how-brexit-will-impact-new-zealand.html
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Author: Caters News

A mum has been praised for sharing the reality of motherhood with a photo of her breastfeeding on the floor of a department store in New South Wales.

For Sarah Mills, the dreaded 'back-to-school-shop' was not an event she looked forward to – but with her two oldest kids Hendrix, 10, and Monroe, seven, heading back to their classes, it had to be done.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/02/aussie-mum-praised-for-breastfeeding-son-on-shop-floor-despite-disgusted-customers.html
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I don't mind breastfeeding in public, and don't find it disgusting etc... and have nothing against it, however, there is a time and place, and this was not the place, simply blocking the aisle for other shoppers is not on, and because blocking said aisle it becomes a health and safety issue...

And then the kid probably needs to be weened off the tit..
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