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Stratford author looking for help to get book into schools
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Luxon: National to ban phones in schools within 100 days
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Ex-King's College teacher jailed for historical child sex abuse; call for NZ victims
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Green Party pledges to double Best Start payment
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New York daycare death: Bags of fentanyl stashed under trap door
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Mum guilty of wounding adopted daughter
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