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Auckland Council pays secret seven-figure settlement after new-build home demolished
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He ordered his victim around, sent him to his room without food, then murdered him.
Albany bus station killing: 16-year-old murder-accused battles to keep name secret
The teen denies carrying out the killing that shocked commuters on September 18.
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Nigel Thompson had seven months shaved off his prison sentence.
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