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'Go home Mr Batchelor': Stop Co-Governance meeting greeted by large counter-protest
Whangārei Stop Co-Governance meeting greeted by big protest that delayed start.
Protesters block entrance to Whangārei Stop Co-Governance meeting
Police earlier stopped the meeting from going ahead due to safety concerns.
Top scientist posts anti-Govt views on social media
Murry Cave has retained the council's support despite the posts.
Woman behind Masterton’s mysterious banners revealed
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Jesse Mulligan on life at 47: 'When I look in the mirror I fear I don’t see the same person other people see'
Study finds we're unhappiest at age 47. We ask well-known 47-year-olds what they think.
'Short term pain for long term gain': What the Women's World Cup meant to Kiwi football clubs
Clubs say what it means to host world-class teams and have mega upgrades in the process.
Passengers vow to boycott 'perverted' bathrooms in this Kansas airport
Critics claim they would rather relieve themselves in the airport car park.
Inside Kāinga Ora's 'village' in the middle of Auckland city
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'I feel like anybody’s going to kill me': Dairy targeted by armed intruders twice in one day
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Number of children waiting longer than four months for hospital help jumps by 600pc
Paediatric specialists are warning wait times are getting to a critical point.
Ex-National Front Stop Co-Governance Tour organiser believes 'white people' being targeted
Those attending secret meeting in Hawke's Bay screened by former National Front organiser.
Whangārei District Councillor Gavin Benney is NZ First's Whangārei candidate
Gavin Benney pledges to wage war on crime in Whangārei.
‘Totally unacceptable’: Sir Paul Adams on poverty, homelessness and NZ’s growing social divide
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'Every few months, someone would be outed': The damaging rise of indigenous 'pretendians'
One Pākehā woman rose up Canadian university ranks pretending to be Māori.
EY staff report bullying, harassment and racism in workplace review
Māori staff more likely to experience racism than any other group at EY Oceania.
Richard Prebble: Labour's in chaos - the latest portfolio shuffle proves it
Opinion: Kiri Allan has gone and she will take Labour with her.
'We were tipped off by police': Racecourse claims controversial meeting booked under false pretences
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Children’s Commissioner ‘frustrated’ at Govt plans for more youth ‘prison-like facilities’
It comes as a NZ delegation to the UN speaks of reducing youth secure care facilities.
Big rates hike 'a pain'
“We all know costs go up very quickly, but it changes going down."
‘They’re staggered’: The NCEA assessment overseas educators can’t believe is allowed in NZ
At international conferences, 'they are staggered we allow our young people to do that.'
'A frightened little nation': Has NZ become a bunch of wusses since Covid-19?
Are we enlightened or on a 'slippery slope towards uselessness'?
Success or 'a fantasy'? Has the police's gang 'crackdown' worked?
Has the police 'crackdown' on gangs worked? What are the other solutions?
Sex or social media? The sacrifices we’re willing to make to stay online
Social media has become a mainstay in everyday life.
'Ridiculous' rates rise will hit struggling superannuants hard, say advocates
"There [are] some real sad cases out there at the moment."
Emma Priest: Why ‘getting tough on crime’ doesn’t work
Scaremongering in an election year is sadly predictable.
Mum throws out mattress, furniture with mould but rental passes Healthy Homes inspection
Solo mum dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.
Jarrod Gilbert: Why NZ's gangs are unique
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Charities and families under pressure to put food on the table
Northland foodbanks and families under pressure as food prices continue to rise.
Worst youth justice system not seen yet – Chief Children’s Commissioner
Violence inside youth justice residences reaffirms the need for a system reset.
Green Party looking to snare Labour's disaffected voters
Green Party members are assembling for their AGM in Auckland this weekend.
'Freeloaders can bugger off': Merepeka Raukawa-Tait to stand for Parliament
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