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A 3-year-old boy, scratched on the leg by a lion cub at the Zion Wildlife Gardens in Whangarei, has been sent home after being treated in hospital.
A 3-year-old boy, scratched on the leg by a lion cub at the Zion Wildlife Gardens in Whangarei, has been sent home after being treated in hospital.
Severe winds lashed the capital, torrential rain sparked widespread flooding in the south.