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Barry was embroiled in bullying claims from when she was a minister in 2018.
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Emergency services are responding to a crash on SH10 near Cottle Drive.
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Paul Goldsmith and Mark Mitchell made the announcement.
Crackdown: $5k fine for wearing gang patch in public under new law
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Police investigating alcohol giveaways to students as O-Week begins
Police want 'everybody to have a good time while keeping themselves and others safe'.
Police continue search for Sydney couple presumed murdered in 'blood-smeared' house
Former celebrity blogger handed himself into police and was charged with murder.
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Police are at the scene of an overnight robbery at an Auckland service station.
36-year mystery solved? Remains in park believed to be missing mum
Items found at the scene have been linked to a cold case from the 80s.
Woman who helped cop killer flee murder scene jailed for longer term after meth supply raid
The commercial meth enterprise started not long after her High Court sentencing.
Coroner names Christopher Taukiri as man shot by police near Matamata
Taukiri allegedly pulled a gun on police and another person. His funeral was on Tuesday.
Police officer allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to underage girl on Instagram
Police say the man is no longer an employee.
Cop hands himself in after ex-TV presenter and boyfriend vanish from 'blood-smeared' Sydney house
Media outlets reported the 29-year-old cop was a former celebrity blogger.
'Stab in the heart': Musician speaks out on false rape claims
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One dead after two-vehicle collision in Selwyn District
A stretch of State Highway 77 remains closed after the two-vehicle smash.
Skoda Superb recall: Police cars at risk of catching fire due to missing part
Skoda NZ issued a recall notice for Skoda Superbs and Octavias made between 2020-24.
Text scam ring: Police charge two teens for allegedly fleecing each victim of up to $100k
Two UK nationals were arrested over scams impersonating trusted organisations.
Arrests after Hawke’s Bay police patrol car rammed by stolen vehicle
Three people were arrested after a stolen vehicle rammed a police car.
Shoppers and staff at busy mall traumatised after man's death
'It took a while to process what had happened and it still doesn’t feel real.'
Good Samaritan beaten with bats and bars after trying to stop assault
Police are appealing for the public's help as they investigate the 'cowardly' attacks.
Port Hills fire: State of Emergency lifted, fire crews to scale back efforts
Fenz is scaling back efforts as Christchurch transitions to the 'recovery phase'.
'This one feels very targeted': Ransacking of golf club still recovering from cyclone
'We have had break-ins before, but nothing to the extent of this one.'
'Threatening': German visitors' motorbike stolen and paraded in front of them
A father and son on a dream motorbike trip were left shaken after the ordeal.
Spate of arrests made after 'violent and brazen' crimes carried out on Northland roads
Police are not ruling out further arrests as they continue their investigations.
Chicken shed fire 'not flagged as suspicious'
Forty firefighters battled the blaze for about six hours.
'Stretched out his hands': Witness describes moment man hit by vehicle in Auckland CBD
Police cordoned off the on-ramp to the Northwestern Motorway as they attended the scene.