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Auckland Council has spread transport cuts far more widely than the Government wanted.
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The change left council members and farmers across Otago grappling with the implications.
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$500,000 used on Ihumātao discussion and nothing to show for it
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Editorial: Swearing by a member of Parliament is neither light-hearted nor unintentional
OPINION: Andrew Bayly's outburst was not in the Cabinet Manual.
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Bayly apologised last week, claiming he thought his comments were 'light-hearted'.
Minister Andrew Bayly says he wasn’t drunk when he insulted worker
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Minister mulls dissolving Ihumātao committee after four years, $500k spent and no solution
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Complaint made against Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Andrew Bayly
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Two-year wait for a divorce to end after law passes third reading
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