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Letters: Rassie Erasmus is a rugby coaching giant
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One person killed, another critically hurt after fleeing driver crashes into two cars
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Damian Treanor: How to manage difficult employees effectively
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Car fire on State Highway 20, Auckland, caused chaos for motorists
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Workplace banter or sexual harassment? Firefighter reinstated after wrongful dismissal
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‘Eroding a democracy’: Backlash over community board changes
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Tipenes say ‘not us’ to news of second arrest in scam, burials-mishandling case
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Hayley Holt on life after TVNZ: ‘The start of a whole new chapter’
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‘Petty and extreme’: NZ pool champ suspended, excluded from World Games
The NZ Pool Association cited 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' for suspending the champion.
Rare medical diagnosis saves Waikato man after decades of mystery
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Letters: Trudeau’s tariff riposte was brave, not cringeworthy
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Chiefs hang on to top Blues in blockbuster
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Motorway mayhem: Car fire closes northbound lanes on SH20
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Coutts’ plans for Auckland as SailGP eye six-season agreement
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'Living in fear': Woman calls for rapist to be deported after he's served his time
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‘An unbelievable history’: Why French SailGP team named new boat Aotearoa
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‘Escaping the hood’: He wanted to be a gangster - then he went to a comedy show
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How to keep NZ water park afloat: ‘Your customers get a bit bored’
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