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Electricity warning after frigid snap; more thunderstorms to come today
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Far North cats must be microchipped and desexed under proposed new council bylaw
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Arrests after shots and fires in Wairoa
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Chris Hipkins speaks about the latest poll results
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Police appeal for help finding missing Upper Hutt man Bret Hill
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