Last-ditch effort to save Sir Peter Jackson's Great War Exhibition
Documents reveal the city council offered up one of its buildings as an alternative.
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Flasher fined for exposing himself to multiple girls
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Peter Jackson has a lot of power in NZ. Some say too much
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Sir Peter Jackson calls to congratulate new Wellington mayor
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Sir Peter Jackson-backed candidate wins Wellington mayoralty
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