'Cowardly and dangerous': Man deported after killing sleeping stranger with brick
He and a co-offender dropped the 7kg brick on the victim and kicked him repeatedly.
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Builders of Auckland’s abandoned 57-level Seascape tower win $33m claim
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Contact to appeal $230m Southland wind farm denial
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Auckland Transport warns about ‘pretend’ parking site – registered with InternetNZ using fake details
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South Auckland set for major new hospital project
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‘Inappropriate and offensive’: Auckland RSA president axed from national body
Auckland RSA president Graham Gibson axed from national body after three women complained.
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Jeanswest parent company enters administration, hundreds of Australian jobs at risk
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