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Business park developers must create new sanctuaries for bats
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Retailers cop ‘aggressive customer behaviour’ during IT outage
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$40,000 cocktail party: Council decision to withhold guest list goes to Ombudsman
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Mayoral candidate threatens to take Tauranga council and marina to High Court
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Northport expansion's creation of jobs outweighed by coastal impact
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'They were very cold': Transpower leaves Northland businesses in dark over compo
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'The pain is ongoing': Businesses want power cut compensation
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Northland businesses feeling the pinch offered workshops, mentoring
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Wellington Zoo attracts record visitors, so why is it losing money?
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Builders want government help to smooth troughs of construction industry
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