Meth lab discovered in bush hut in Northland
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Shut the doors: Crackdown on tavern 'gambling shops'
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Michelle Dickinson: Modelling the flu to spread information
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: How did this Govt get its priorities so wrong?
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COMMENT: No one wants to hear about babies being taken from their mothers.
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Housing revolution? Buying a home with a $500 deposit
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Record disability spend not enough - advocates
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New refugees stranded without homes to live in
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John Roughan: Spare a thought for our rough sleepers
COMMENT: Where do the homeless go when the chill arrives and rain turns to sleet.
Family of 7 living in tent with disabled kids pleads for help
How can it be that seven people including two disabled children are living in a tent?
'Go back to your own country': Woman in headscarf shoved at Auckland mall
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Rogue landlord: Record $180,000 fine after nearly 200 complaints
She rented illegally converted garages but can't legally be blocked from being landlord.
Concerns about noise and safety at new Pet Refuge
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Freemans Bay hostel will house 52 homeless
James Liston Hostel in Freemans Bay has reopened after a $5m refurbishment.
Jarrod Gilbert: White supremacy in NZ - how many neo-Nazis are there?
COMMENT: Society lacks systems that identify complexities that produce racial extremism.
Growing Up in NZ gets funding boost
The study tracks 6800 Kiwi kids from 12 weeks before birth to 21 years old.
Loan shark scare: Young couples debt spirals to $100k
A lender gave a couple a loan - despite knowing they had already defaulted 22 times.
Lizzie Marvelly: Why are sex victims assumed to be guilty?
COMMENT: Shame, stigma, and fear keep women quiet.
'Heartbreaking': Cyclist killed on Queen St had been a rough sleeper who had just found a home
Police are yet to find the next of kin for a man killed by a drunk driver on Queen St.
Budget: Welfare increase 'not enough'
Change to welfare payments applauded, but an urgent increase still needed, advocates say.
Goff calls out 'disgusting' Facebook commenters
"The amount of vitriol and hate was disgusting. I thought we were better than this."
Rotorua flat is NZ's most unlikely prison
Oranga Tamariki is buying up homes so it can house young offenders on remand.
Vicious racial road rage: Attack fractured child's skull
Fraser Milne admitted he wanted to kill after he felt the family damaged his car.
Alfred Ngaro on a date with Destiny and a new apology
Alfred Ngaro has apologised twice for his comments about abortion. He explains his views.
Hawke's Bay housing crisis: Renter's dream of a house bus punctured by Kiwisaver provider
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Google has been recording all your purchases for years
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Torrent of sexist abuse online taking toll: 'It's definitely getting more personal'
Two-thirds of complaints to internet watchdog Netsafe are made by women.