Gut-wrenching World War I epic "1917" was the big winner at Sunday's British Academy Film Awards, winning seven prizes including best picture and best director.

Sam Mendes' drama about one of the most devastating conflicts in British history bested hotly tipped American contenders including "Joker," "The Irishman" and "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood" at a glitzy London event that was overshadowed by criticism of the nominees' lack of diversity — even from some of the nominees themselves.

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A Marlborough teacher who was jailed for having sex with two students aged under 16 has abandoned her bid to keep her name secret.

Jamiee Marie Cooney admitted at the Blenheim District Court in October seven charges of sexual relations with minors and two charges of sending sexual material to minors.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119246503/former-marlborough-teacher-jailed-for-sex-with-students-can-now-be-named
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National Party leader Simon Bridges believes it's "concerning" the China consul general made comments about the Government's decision to bar foreigners travelling from China for fear of spreading the coronavirus.

The Government announced on Sunday that any foreign travellers who leave or transit through China will be refused entry to New Zealand.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/coronavirus-simon-bridges-calls-china-s-consul-general-s-comments-concerning-regrettable.html
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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