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Eight people injured after serious crash on Auckland motorway
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New Plymouth gym wrongly claiming customers don't need Covid vaccine passes
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'I've never been afraid to speak my mind': Efeso Collins commits to AKL
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Auckland daycare to close after contact with Covid case
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