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Dawn Picken: Is working from home working for us?
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'We are seeing is a propensity of offenders to increasingly use violence toward police'.
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Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up
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Luke Kirkness: The pre-Budget promises are off the mark
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'Record' sales: Tauranga's luxury house market running hot
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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: I'm about to lose my job but I'm not sorry to go
OPINION: Change should happen when it's needed most
Broken jaw, 'all-in brawl' among 17 new complaints of rugby foul play, misconduct
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Opinion: Supermarket profits a slap in the face to hardworking Kiwis
OPINION: A slap in the face is a good way to describe how these profits make me feel.
Michele Hunter: We need to make it inconvenient to commit crime
OPINION: Where is the justice for the victims?
Jo Raphael: Women facing uphill battles on many fronts in 2022
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Should gangs be banned? The Premium Debate
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Opinion: Simon Henry apology: Women no longer have a designated lane
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'Worst case of emaciated dogs I have ever seen'
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Readers largely welcome Graham Bell's view on ram raids
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Lakes and Bay of Plenty allied health staff strike begins
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Rob Rattenbury: Pākehā need to be trusted with referendum on He Puapua
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Family, routine and social connection: The pandemic losses still affecting older Kiwis
'We can't expect people to go back to the way they were. We're all changed from this.'
'Targeting Māori': The police firearm figures worrying leaders
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Dr Tony Farrell: Reining in alcohol industry will reduce health burden
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MPs clash over homeless report on where Rotorua homeless have come from
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Jo Raphael: Digger the dog's return proves microchips' worth
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