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State house tenant owed $13,300 back rent
When a visit was made, the tenant's relative had been living in the house rent-free.
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National starts political year on high, as Christopher Luxon prepares first speech
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Waitangi Day remains an annual festival of unanswered questions
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Auckland suburbs' state house development will take 100 years at current rate
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Luxon vowed to find consensus on infrastructure - so what next after Light Rail axed?
'Big, long-term and expensive projects are very hard to get off the ground.'
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Turing 60 was a big deal for Anaru Eketone.
Simon Wilson: Light rail is dead, but Auckland still needs better transport and revenue reform
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Property Insider: $33m Auckland block bought pre-election for scrapped light rail
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What's next for Golriz Ghahraman: Expulsion? Resignation? Exoneration?
The Green MP faces a police investigation into an alleged shoplifting incident.
Tukoroirangi Morgan - We will not allow Government to roll Māori back to the dark ages
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Thousands expected at national hui for unity at Turangawaewae
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Editorial: Luxon's leadership to be tested
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What builder who wanted to fix state house didn't know
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Denis O’Reilly: The Parole Amendment Bill will be an extremely tough act to follow
OPINION: Prisons are already stretched and the new law won't make it any better.
Waikato-Tainui launches High Court action against the Government
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'Smokefree generation': Aotearoa well on track to be smokefree next year
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500-day wait for a trial ‘too long’: Justice Minister's aim to cut massive court delays
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Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount
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Ex-Nats MP cleared by police after family fight at mum’s tangi
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Iwi to meet on Saturday to discuss hui of unity
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French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigns amid rising political turmoil
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