Author: Hannah Kronast

The Warehouse CEO has announced the company is limiting some items from this week amid coronavirus panic buying.

CEO Pejman Okhovat announced the changes in an email to customers at 12:30pm on Friday where he said they were seeing a very high demand for some items and wanted to have enough stock for all customers.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/the-warehouse-limits-high-demand-items.html
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Author: RocketLAB

'Don't Stop Me Now' is a rideshare mission that will launch several small satellites, including the ANDESITE (Ad-Hoc Network Demonstration for Extended Satellite-Based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavors) satellite created by electrical and mechanical engineering students and professors at Boston University.

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
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Author: Dzirhan Mahadzir

This year’s Rim of the Pacific 2020 international naval exercise be more complex and challenging than in years past, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. John Aquilino told reporters on Friday.

Article: https://news.usni.org/2020/03/06/pacfleet-commander-rimpac-2020-will-be-more-complex-feature-more-countries
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Author: Tom Hunt

A rumoured suspected case of coronavirus in Wellington is partly to blame for the last-minute cancellation of a mosque open day in the city.

Mayor Andy Foster refused to confirm there was a suspected case in the capital and would only say there had been other suspected cases that turned out to be false alarms.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120287235/coronavirus-mosque-open-day-cancelled-due-to-suspected-case-in-wellington
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Author: Brittney Deguara and Thomas Manch

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says quarantine powers may be used to keep possible Covid-19 coronavirus cases in hospital is they refuse to self-isolate. 

Ardern, in an interview on Q+A on Sunday morning, explained in greater detail how the Government's decision to require all international travellers to self-isolate for 14 days was expected to work. 

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120287508/coronavirus-government-has-power-to-quarantine-those-who-dont-selfsolate-pm-says
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government will unveil an economic package designed to get New Zealand "through the worst" of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday.

Ardern told TVNZ's Q+A it would be "the most significant package that I will announce while I am Prime Minister".

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Jacinda Ardern doesn't think police will be required to enforce self-isolation, but they will be called up if necessary.

New Zealand now requires all visitors, with few exceptions, to go into self-isolation on arrival in the country. The extreme measure's been implemented to stop the coronavirus pandemic getting a foothold in New Zealand, which so far has only six confirmed cases - all of them brought in from overseas.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-jacinda-ardern-reveals-how-mass-self-isolation-will-be-enforced.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor and Tova O'Brien

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made an unprecedented set of announcements in response to the global spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

As the number of people worldwide with the illness nears 150,000, with 5400 dead, Ardern announced on Saturday that every person entering New Zealand will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-has-announced-everyone-entering-new-zealand-will-self-isolate.html
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