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Alexandra undies flusher bungs up pipes: The hunt is on for a mystery undies flusher clogging Alexandra's wastewater system.
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Alexandra undies flusher bungs up pipes
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Convenience never trumps the lives of children: From the University of Auckland: Slower speed saves kids' lives – it's as simple as that ...
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Convenience never trumps the lives of children
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Missing farmer, 21, found dead after crash took own life 'in panic': Jack Thomas' mother believed he may have taken his own life through fear of getting in ...
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Missing farmer, 21, found dead after crash took own life 'in panic'
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'Not an existence I want' - Rider Caroline March explains decision to end life in poignant farewell
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Quick Glance: Rider Caroline March explains decision to end life in poignant farewell
  • Horse-rider Caroline March from Colchester revealed in an emotional letter why she chose to end her own life after being left paralyzed following a serious fall.

  • Ms March described how her disability had impacted her quality of life and emphasized that it was not the kind of existence she desired.

  • She also discussed her support for assisted suicide and how she struggled with her situation and emotions after her accident.

  • Tributes have been paid to the rider, described as well-known and loved in the British eventing community, after her farewell letter was published.
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How NZ Rugby’s board plans to rearrange the way the game is governed: Explainer: The NZ Rugby board wants to hand over power to a new, independent group within ...
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How NZ Rugby’s board plans to rearrange the way the game is governed
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Ex-Highlander buys Waikouaiti hardware store: He's a rugby hard man turned hardware man. Former Highlander Josh Hohneck (38) and his partner Sam Dolan have ...
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Ex-Highlander buys Waikouaiti hardware store
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Australia bumps NZ out of the top 10 happiest places: Australia has pushed New Zealand down a spot to become the 10th happiest country in the world ...
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Australia bumps NZ out of the top 10 happiest places
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Central Otago bunny hunt called off for third straight year: Central Otago’s bunnies can breathe a sigh of relief as the Great Easter Bunny Hunt has been called ...
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Central Otago bunny hunt called off for third straight year
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Two dead, highway closed after crash north of Kaikoura: Two people are dead and two injured after a crash that has closed State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura ...
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Two dead, highway closed after crash north of Kaikoura
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Sir Russell Coutts slams dolphin policy after SailGP races canned: Sir Russell Coutts has slammed officials for their "extreme" dolphin policy ...
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Sir Russell Coutts slams dolphin policy after SailGP races canned
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Easter weekend: What's open, and when you have to pay a surcharge: If you want to get some shopping done this long weekend, it might pay to plan ahead ...
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Easter weekend: What's open, and when you have to pay a surcharge
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Serious crash closes SH8 near Cromwell: A serious crash involving three vehicles has closed State Highway 8 between Cromwell and Clyde this morning ...
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Serious crash closes SH8 near Cromwell
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'Wonderful sight': Geomagnetic storm lights up skies: A major geomagnetic storm visible across much of New Zealand overnight was the best one in about ...
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'Wonderful sight': Geomagnetic storm lights up skies
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Plastic in paradise: Airborne microplastics in Southern Alps air: They’re tiny, toxic and now, scientists have discovered, drifting in New Zealand’s pristine ...
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Plastic in paradise: Airborne microplastics in Southern Alps air
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Family group charged with stealing $16,000 worth of groceries: The trio took six trolleys worth of groceries without paying and were arrested while trying to ...
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Family group charged with stealing $16,000 worth of groceries
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Zingari make statement in opening round: Zingari-Richmond have sent a warning - they are here to play this year. The Colours slotted a late penalty to edge ...
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Zingari make statement in opening round
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Farm worker killed in Duntroon crash named: The man who died in a single-vehicle crash near Duntroon was a worker at a nearby dairy farm ...
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Farm worker killed in Duntroon crash named
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Australian-owned banks can't explain 'persistently high profits', says Commerce Commission report
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Australian-owned banks can't explain 'persistently high ...
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Robertson approaches Sam Whitelock about ABs comeback: One of the great sporting comebacks may be on the cards after All Blacks coach Scott Robertson made a play ...
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Robertson approaches Sam Whitelock about ABs comeback
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Person killed in SH8 crash, travel disrupted: The Central Otago community is mourning the death of a local person killed in a "catastrophic" crash ...
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Person killed in SH8 crash, travel disrupted
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The squeeze on TV news - a view from across the Ditch: Australia's experience shows the value in a publicly-funded, non-commercial state broadcaster ...
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The squeeze on TV news - a view from across the Ditch
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Sports star Caroline March ends life aged 31 in assisted suicide after injury: Caroline March has died at the age of 31, two years after suffering a ...
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Sports star Caroline March ends life aged 31 in assisted suicide after ...
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Disgraced Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste dies from alleged suicide: reports: Disgraced former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has died, allegedly from suicide ...
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Disgraced Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste dies from alleged suicide: reports
Quick Glance: Disgraced Former CEO Markus Jooste Reportedly Dies by Alleged Suicide
  • Disgraced former CEO Markus Jooste has reportedly died from alleged suicide.

  • According to reports, former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste allegedly ended his life through suicide.
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90 years on, still going strong: He might be a nonagenarian but Angus Ferguson has shown he can still foot it with dog triallists decades younger. Mr Ferguson ...
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90 years on, still going strong
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Cold snap with chance of snow forecast tomorrow: It might be time to get some firewood in — MetService is forecasting a cold snap which could bring snow to parts ...
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Cold snap with chance of snow forecast tomorrow
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Gisborne's rainbow crossing restored after protest: A group of protesters allegedly returned to the newly repainted rainbow crossing with paint cans and blocked ...
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Gisborne's rainbow crossing restored after protest
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Bridge collapse: 'No one thought this could happen': Former Oamaru Mail journalist Scott Preston, who lives near a US bridge that collapsed ...
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Bridge collapse: 'No one thought this could happen'
Quick Glance: Survivors of Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Workers in Their Cars
  • Julio Cervantes survived bridge collapse, others missing or dead

  • Construction workers were in their cars when ship hit bridge

  • Two bodies found, four missing, presumed dead

  • President Biden promises bridge reconstruction
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Cold spell in South before sunny holiday weekend: A cold front is expected to bring snow to some areas in the South before the sun comes out in time to warm ...
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Cold spell in South before sunny holiday weekend
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Could assisted dying be coming to Scotland?: MSPs will get the chance to make Scotland the first part of the UK to let people legally end their lives.
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Could assisted dying be coming to Scotland?
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Waikato family fined $23k after dead, emaciated cows found at farm: The cattle had minimal grass and mouldy, rotten food, with many suffering from worms and ...
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Waikato family fined $23k after dead, emaciated cows found at farm
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Planners cool on inland port: Building an inland port near Mosgiel would clog up already busy roads with more trucks, a Dunedin City Council planner says ...
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Planners cool on inland port
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Australian-owned banks can't explain 'persistently high profits', says Commerce Commission report
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Australian-owned banks can't explain 'persistently high ...
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German dog breeding ban raises fears for dachshunds: SPCA, Dogs NZ responds: Dachshunds are among a number of dog breeds that may be threatened by a proposed law ...
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German dog breeding ban raises fears for dachshunds: SPCA ...
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Maxim New Zealand model is charged with offering federal agent $8000 bribe: Former Playboy model Shannon Teresa Marie Schwartz has been charged with bribery and ...
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Maxim New Zealand model is charged with offering federal agent $8000 bribe
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Six killed in suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan: A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in ...
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Six killed in suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan
Quick Glance: Six Killed in Suicide Attack on Chinese Engineers in Pakistan
  • A suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan, resulting in six fatalities.

  • The engineers were en route to a dam construction site when the attack occurred.

  • Attacks on Chinese interests in Pakistan are seen as attempts to destabilize the country and create discord between Pakistan and its allies, notably China.

  • Pakistan condemned the attack and emphasized the importance of the safety of Chinese nationals in the country.
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Veteran cafe owner will miss ‘banter’: A prostate cancer scare caused Steve Wilson to rethink his future in hospitality. After 35 years of owning Dunedin cafes ...
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Veteran cafe owner will miss ‘banter’
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Former NHL player Chris Simon dies by suicide at 52 and CTE is suspected in his death, family says
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Former NHL player Chris Simon dies by suicide at 52 and CTE is suspected ...
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Highlanders centre suspended for three weeks: Highlanders centre Tanielu Tele’a has been suspended for three weeks following his red card in the game against ...
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Highlanders centre suspended for three weeks
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Hacking planet Earth will not save us from ourselves: From The University of Auckland: A number of geoengineering methods have been proposed as a way to cool our ...
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Hacking planet Earth will not save us from ourselves
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Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of retailer LL Bean, dies at 82
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Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of retailer LL ...
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Staying active to lessen pain on the journey to recovery: After a near-tragic farm accident in his early 20s, East Otago farmer and engineer Matt Hutchinson is ...
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Staying active to lessen pain on the journey to recovery
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Mining for local fertiliser better than buying 'blood phosphate' - report: New Zealand farms could stop buying 'blood phosphate' and lower their greenhouse gas ...
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Mining for local fertiliser better than buying 'blood phosphate' - report
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Easter weather: Chilly Good Friday forecast as southerly winds sweep New Zealand: The cold snap has brought the first snow of the year to Otago's Cardrona ski ...
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Easter weather: Chilly Good Friday forecast as southerly winds sweep New ...
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Pistorius directs sharp words against Pope: "Territorial suicide": At an SPD election campaign event in Saxony, Defense Minister Pistorius was unusually harsh on ...
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Pistorius directs sharp words against Pope:
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Otago 2nd highest for injuries from alcohol: ACC: Dunedin’s drinking culture and perception as a "desirable" youth drinking destination is believed to ...
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Otago 2nd highest for injuries from alcohol: ACC
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More details revealed about New Zealand interest in joining AUKUS security pact: NZ "actively looking" for ways to participate in the controversial AUKUS pact ...
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More details revealed about New Zealand interest in joining AUKUS security ...
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Waikato petrol prices vary by as much as 50c, data reveals: Motorists could be paying up to 50 cents more per litre of petrol, depending on where they fill up ...
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Waikato petrol prices vary by as much as 50c, data reveals
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Group paints over rainbow crossing: Protesters have painted over a rainbow crossing on Gisborne's main street. A group of people identifying themselves as ...
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Group paints over rainbow crossing
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A naked power grab: Opinion: The Government is telling the public 'trust me, I know what I'm doing', with its ministerial powers under fast-track ...
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A naked power grab
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Rock Tenors:   A different ‘Pink’ set to rock Dunedin P!NK, who performed at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium earlier this month, may have millions of fans...
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Rock Tenors
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'Iconic' Lakeland Queen in liquidation: 'It's a sad day for Rotorua': The vessel hosted tourist cruises on Lake Rotorua for more than three decades until ...
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'Iconic' Lakeland Queen in liquidation: 'It's a sad day for Rotorua'
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Woman stashed $66k of meth in a bush: An Invercargill woman has avoided imprisonment after she hid $66,000 of methamphetamine in a bush. Sharna Joyce Walker, 33 ...
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Woman stashed $66k of meth in a bush
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Surfer statue future in doubt: A prominent statue that has graced the entrance of a Southland town for 25 years could be riding its final wave ...
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Surfer statue future in doubt
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Govt to crack down on unruly social housing tenants: The housing and finance ministers have sent a letter demanding Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities take a ...
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Govt to crack down on unruly social housing tenants
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South Canterbury's 'Spud King' Allan Pye dies: Self-made multimillionaire farmer Allan Pye, known as the "Spud King", has passed away ...
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South Canterbury's 'Spud King' Allan Pye dies
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Calls to get e-scooters off the footpath as injuries soar: A wheelchair user says she lives in constant fear of colliding with an e-scooter: "I'm tired of that ...
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Calls to get e-scooters off the footpath as injuries soar
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Mr Monopoly's head recovered: Senior Constable Paul Alden helps Mr Monopoly out after he briefly lost his head in Lawrence yesterday. Mr Monopoly ...
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Mr Monopoly's head recovered
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Kanye’s Aussie wife wears riskiest outfit yet: Kanye West’s Australian wife Bianca Censori has once again caused a storm with not one, but two outrageous outfits ...
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Kanye’s Aussie wife wears riskiest outfit yet
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NPC rugby: Final whistle for provincial games on television?: Fans of New Zealand provincial rugby teams might no longer be able to see their sides on television ...
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NPC rugby: Final whistle for provincial games on television?
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Ditching NCEA level 1 pays off for St Hilda’s pupils: Scrapping NCEA level 1 has proven a success for a Dunedin secondary school, whose pupils achieved a 100% ...
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Ditching NCEA level 1 pays off for St Hilda’s pupils
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Govt announces ban on disposable vapes: The coalition government will ban single-use vapes as part of a crackdown on youth vaping, aiming to have all the changes ...
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Govt announces ban on disposable vapes
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City council decides days are numbered for single-use cups: A Dunedin city councillor has been successful in his bid to make council-owned venues free of ...
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City council decides days are numbered for single-use cups
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Moving company won't repay accidental $50K deposit: A moving company is allegedly refusing to return nearly $50,000 that was accidentally paid into its bank ...
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Moving company won't repay accidental $50K deposit