Judge says drink-driver's case a rare exception to those normally resulting in prison
Judge accepts drink driver a good person who made a "terrible, terrible" decision to drive
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Teen roped into knifepoint dairy robbery by his older brother
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Fatal Northland dog attack: Family wants answers from boarder
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Teen gets life sentence for killing Northland man
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Veteran Northland lifeguard calls for better decision making around water
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Two people dead after serious car crash on SH1 in Northland
Motorists are being asked to avoid the area.
Drink-driver rams petrol pump, attacks cabbie with scissors
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Students return to school amid 'a mixture of Covid-19, the nasty flu, and disastrous weather'
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