The case will be heard by New Zealand High Court judge Justice John Hansen at a venue still to be determined.

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He plans to give the bulk of tickets to the live show, which will be staged in a to-be-determined Beijing venue, to migrant workers who are stuck in Beijing during the holiday.

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