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Canterbury healthcare clinic handing out anti-vaccine material
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Dip in Ashburton River bridge repaired, back to 50km/h
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Lasting trauma: Official response to Mycoplasma bovis 'poorly executed'
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Dog bites and 'controlled collision' justified - police watchdog
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Farmers' $3500 flood clean-up grants 'disappointing'
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