Author: George Block

A Navy training area being hurriedly converted to a quarantine area for Kiwis returning from Wuhan due to the coronavirus outbreak will be more holiday resort than hospital, a source says.

Whangaparaoa Military Training Facility lies on Defence Force land at the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119227896/coronavirus-quarantined-kiwis-to-be-housed-at-very-flash-navy-training-base
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Author: Tom Pullar-Strecker

Thousands of BNZ customers will need to change their automated payments after the bank decided to cancel its Mastercard bank cards ahead of their usual expiry date and replace them with Visa cards.

The bank has written to a first tranche of Advantage Classic Mastercard customers giving them six weeks' notice that their Mastercard credit cards will stop working on March 12.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/119224933/bnz-sends-first-tranche-of-letters-saying-credit-cards-will-be-cancelled-in-march
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Author: James Fyfe

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says he was forced to publicly come out and say he won't work with Winston Peters because the New Zealand First leader can't be trusted.

Bridges made it clear over the weekend that his party would not be open to forming a Government with Peters, come the election in September.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/kiwis-fed-up-with-winston-peters-holding-the-country-to-ransom-simon-bridges.html
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A health expert says the Government's ban on travellers arriving in New Zealand from China is the right thing to do.

The temporary ban comes into effect on Monday and affects any foreign travellers coming from or transiting through mainland China. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/coronavirus-china-travel-ban-right-thing-to-do-health-expert.html
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Author: Rachel Sadler

The Government has revealed how New Zealanders returning from Wuhan will be quarantined to stop them from spreading the coronavirus.

An Air New Zealand charter flight is being organised to evacuate dozens of New Zealanders, Pacific Islanders and Australian citizens, Minister of Health David Clark announced on Sunday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/coronavirus-how-new-zealanders-returning-from-wuhan-will-be-quarantined.html
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An American company's satellites and their appearance in the sky has sparked excitement, but also concern.

People reported seeing an "extremely odd" string of 30-40 lights crossing the night sky in a straight line from east to west, with some speculating they were UFOs on social media on Saturday night.

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New Zealand is blocking travellers who have been through mainland China to try and prevent coronavirus from entering the country.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-zealand-restrict-travellers-china-coronavirus-spreads-worldwide
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