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Māori-led mobile vaccine clinic in Wellington helps to curb vaccine hesitancy
Māori vaccination rates are slowly creeping up - but under 60s are still behind.
Police seize almost 1000 guns, $5m in organised crime crackdown
Operation Tauwhiro has been extended for a further six months, targeting organised crime.
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'Autonomous Bodies' exhibition platforms art outside traditional male perspective
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Iwi collective to give food to families across Northland
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Historic pā site believed to be target of metal detectorists
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Increase in hospitality venue gatherings a 'game changer' lobbyist says
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Council officials still working towards Transmission Gully opening in 10 days
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Conversion therapy ban bill: Submitters call for stronger law
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RSV outbreak: Nearly 900 children admitted to Wellington hospitals in June and July
More than a third of children admitted to hospital were less than a year old.
'Upsetting and inconvenient': Licence plate theft, fraud rising in Wellington
Police say fraud victims shouldn't be embarrassed about the fact, and should come forward.
Auckland man's private jet Wānaka trip: Police probe clears entrepreneur
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Off-road crash tragedy: Driver escapes conviction over girlfriend's death
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Pākehā granted name suppression three times as often as Māori
Auckland couple who breached lockdown to go to Wānaka throws spotlight on suppression.
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NZ out in the cold as US, UK and Australia sign landmark security deal
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Vaccination booking capacity going to waste - Tamihere
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants as many Aucklanders as possible vaccinated this week.
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Sports teams, businesspeople and entertainers taking up half of MIQ spots
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Mongrel Mob isolating, infected patient visited gang pad after hospital self-discharge
Gang leader urges followers to cooperate with contact tracers after positive cases at pad.
Almost $200k spent on lawyers to sort out Wellington bus driver pay wrangle
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November pain: Guns N' Roses NZ tour 'unlikely' to go ahead
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Open letter to NZ Government: Stop dragging your feet on Afghanistan
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'Ambitious figure': Rob Fyfe calls for 'quick' pace in vaccine target
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Stressed Kiwis stuck in Aussie face pension cuts
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