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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council wants $225m water storage facility on Ngāruroro River tributary
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Letters: Time to put sex offender victims’ interests first
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Opinion: Making sure the health sector doesn’t mark its own homework
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The boy spoke to police when he was 10. Now 12, he says he remembers things differently.
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Photos and videos of the scene showed large plumes of black smoke.
'Quite emotional': Incredible photos show pod of 450 dolphins off Kaikōura coast
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‘I wanted others to see me as tough’: 14yo accused of Dunedin bus hub murder addresses court
The defendant told the court he began carrying a knife for protection from bullies.
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