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New visa: Why Ministers were warned over migrant numbers, health system impact
One model presented to ministers showed a potential surge of up to 15,000 migrants.

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The girls were targeted by a Wellington man posing as an 11-year-old girl online.

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Scammer who refused to name co-offenders may inherit share of $337k theft - judge
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'Denied a fighting chance': Auckland woman's plea to fund life-saving cancer drug
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