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Letters: How PM can honour Kīngi Tūheitia; motorway speed limits
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'Outstanding': Police Commissioner celebrates mass gang arrests
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Parents of disabled kids ‘horrified’ at residential care restrictions after funding freeze
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'Very large dent': Police say mass gang arrests have disrupted drug trade
Police arrest 18 men as part of an 8-month-long investigation.
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Chris Bishop wants bipartisanship, other parties say he should look in the mirror.
Chlöe Swarbrick: Christopher Luxon is gaslighting the country
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Editorial: A traffic light system could apply to others' behaviours
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Claire Trevett: Govt's fast-track backdown delivers a nod to critics but not a buckling
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'Supporting the establishment of a Māori ward or wards takes nothing away from Pākehā.'
Gisborne letters: Catch up with more green energy
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'Fundamental problems' at Oranga Tamariki, warns Ombudsman
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Letters: Tuku Morgan blaming the wrong people for tense race relations
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Nicola Willis shares experiences of gendered online abuse
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