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New Zealand fires UK envoy for questioning Trump's grasp of history

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Phil Goff , New Zealand's most senior envoy to Britain , questioned US president's grasp of history.

He referenced a famous speech by Churchill in which he rebuked Britain 's signing of the Munich Agreement .

The agreement with Adolf Hitler allowed Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia .

New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters said Mr Goff 's remarks were "disappointing".