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Top cop allowed failed recruits into police college
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‘Quite literally a cover-up’: Couple tricked into buying rot-infested home
A QSM recipient was labelled a 'puppet master' who had orchestrated the deception.

Detective investigated after having intimate relationship with rape complainant
Queensland Police withdrew a job offer while they investigate the man's conduct.

How an Australian ex-banker's NZ visit resulted in a prison sentence
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'Abhorrent': Manawatū iwi outraged over secret radioactive waste facility
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Coconuts and meth: The story behind NZ's largest pseudoephedrine prosecution
Judge dismissed businessman's claim that he'd never heard of NZ's drug trade.

Auckland ICU doctor's book exposes NZ health system crisis from the inside
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TVNZ boss on the future of the 6pm news, Shortland Street - and a move into pay TV
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$162k in cash, almost $400k in equipment seized in scam crackdown last year
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'No truth in it': Gallen hits back at SBW claims
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Rising star Sophia Lafaiali'i shines in Mystics' pivotal victory
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What to know about Thailand's political crisis
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Karen Read found not guilty of police officer boyfriend's murder
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Controversial Kiwi start-up, once worth $38m, folds in New York
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How Act's bill could entrench power for the wealthy
OPINION: NZ rich-list value rose from $95.5b last year to $102.1b this year, a 6.8% jump.

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