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Trump slight prompts New Zealand to sack top diplomat

Phil Goff has been sacked as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the UK. (David Rowland/AAP PHOTOS)

New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Phil Goff, has been sacked for questioning US President Donald Trump's grasp of history.

Mr Goff, foreign and defence minister in Helen Clark's government, will leave the role under orders from Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

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