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Funding for sport and recreation organisations hit hard by Covid
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School bus operators try to steer through driver shortages
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The Hundertwasser surrounds and rooftop should be a public space for all to enjoy
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Carolyn Hansen: Count your blessings and add up the benefits
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GPs spat on and sworn at as healthcare pressures mount
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Northland health workers unable to strike after Employment Court ruling
Northland health workers are now relying on facilitated negotiations to improve conditions
Young gun edges closer to White Ferns dream
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Work starts on $5m projects to reduce flood risk to Otiria and Moerewa
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Water bill hikes likely when Marsden Point Oil Refinery shuts
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Govt can't take action against Russian oligarch with luxury lodge - yet
NZ does not have the ability of other countries to freeze assets.
Centres to battle for national finals spots
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Armed police swarm Tikipunga after reports of gunman fleeing supermarket carpark
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520 new Covid cases in Northland out of 23,183 nationally
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John Williamson: The cheese cutter myth explored
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