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Lunch provider Compass admits halal meals it delivers to schools are not halal certified.
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Letters: Question of arming police on duty raised again
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'It will not be the end' – Gloriavale CEO responds to BNZ closing accounts
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Encore: Local musicians, Gisborne choir to stage another Christmas concert
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The secret to making your kids behave on Christmas Day
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Gloriavale risks closure after court allows BNZ to shut its accounts
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'Word of God': Destiny Church parents demand answers over 5-year abuse by youth leader
Victims' families believe Destiny Church failed to protect vulnerable boys.
Neonatal nurse one of two women killed in rural Auckland crash
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'I'll take the blame': Destiny Church youth leader admits to hundreds of sexual abuses
The disciple abused the victims over five years at a house he shared with his mother.
Mormon sex abuse scandal: Three things NZ could do now to stop it
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'Going to f**king kill you': NZ Jewish community faces violence, threats, abuse
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