Author: Laine Moger

Six people in New Zealand have now tested positive for coronavirus.

The chief executive of Waitematā District Health Board Dr Dale Bramley confirmed the news on Saturday.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120280065/coronavirus-waitemat-dhb-chief-provides-a-live-update
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Author: Susan Edmunds

New Zealanders are cancelling their travel plans in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

Research by Opinion Compare found that one in five of 858 people surveyed had cancelled or changed their travel plans because of the outbreak.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120268538/kiwis-change-cancel-travel-plans-amid-coronavirus-worries
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Author: Dan Satherley

Politicians have been put on notice not to be racist and bigoted this election year. 

Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon told Newshub Nation on Saturday he'll be writing to every party asking them to avoid using issues of race, sexual orientation or disability to get votes.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/race-relations-commissioner-meng-foon-puts-politicians-on-notice-over-racist-comments.html
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Author: Sarah Templeton

With coronavirus panic sweeping the globe, supermarkets are selling out of hand santisier, toilet paper and other essential items. But it would seem it's not just survival people are thinking of.

Some people are making sure they will enjoy their time in quarantine, should it be enforced upon us.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/03/coronavirus-kiwis-stockpiling-lubricant-batteries-sex-toys-ahead-of-isolation-fears-says-adult-store.html
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Author: Libby Wilson

New Zealand should shut its borders to everyone except residents to stop the spread of Covid-19, a Kiwi business leader says.

And it's a move the Prime Minister hasn't not ruled out.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120246639/coronavirus-shut-new-zealands-borders-says-zuru-toy-company-executive
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Author: JOHN PAVLOVITZ

The bill for MAGA has come due, Trump supporters.

It’s time to pay up.

Article: https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/03/12/the-bill-for-maga-is-due/
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Author: Luke Malpass

OPINION: So, Donald Trump, under all sorts of pressure in the United States over his handling of Coronavirus, has suddenly turned around and banned all travel of non-US residents from Europe to the United States.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120231661/the-day-trump-discovered-covid19-and-screwed-the-global-economy
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A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry suggested on Thursday the US military might have brought the coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been hardest hit by the outbreak, doubling down on a war of words with Washington.

China has taken great offence at comments by US officials accusing it of being slow to react to the virus, first detected in Wuhan late last year, and of not being insufficiently transparent.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/chinese-foreign-ministry-spokesperson-says-united-states-military-may-have-taken-coronavirus-to-wuhan.html
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