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'Unexpected event grades' mean many students will receive pass marks regardless.
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Focus Live from Auckland's Longroom with Cheree Kinnear, Frankie Mahoney and Liam Dann.
Aucklanders flock to bars, restaurants
Auckland hospitality venues welcome crowds on their first day back in business.
Auckland hits 90% fully vaccinated milestone
Ninety per cent of the eligible population across Tāmaki Makaurau is now fully vaccinated.
Auckland should be in green setting now: Luxon
Auckland is celebrating its first day out of lockdown in 107 days.
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Dramatic rescue after missing autistic boy, 6, found in estuary
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Auckland's almost-four-month lockdown, in numbers
On the afternoon of August 17, a single case of Delta was detected in the community.
Fairy houses 'hero' spreads joy with lockdown creations
Auckland's 'Fairy Godmother' wins community award for her magical Fairy Houses.
Cheers! Auckland bars readied for reopening
Nerves and excitement combine as hospitality prepares to reopen the doors.
Hospo finally gets to open but where will they find the workers?
Calls to relax immigration policy.
Prominent pōhutukawa tree chopped down overnight in Auckland
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Live: 172 Covid cases ahead of traffic light move; 10 new cases near Nelson
Eighty-six people are in hospital and nine are in intensive care.
'What a disgusting human': Victims confront ex-Dilworth chaplain
Ross Douglas Browne has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Gangster's paradise: Gang member numbers almost double in five years
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Hospitality 'left to die' with exclusion from voucher package - bar owner
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Not just red lights in Auckland this Christmas
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Auckland player scoops $6.3m Lotto win
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100,000 vouchers for Auckland activities, excluded restaurants 'gutted'
Aucklanders are being offered 100,000 vouchers this summer for a range of activities.