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Former MasterChef winner opens up about how TV show changed his life for the better.
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More than 4000 plants, 45kg of cannabis head found in huge growing operation
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Meth cook guarded drug supermarket with a machine gun
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One person dead after Moerewa crash
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Business mentoring programme comes to an end.
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