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High hopes of gold rush in Central Otago - as an Australian mining company looks to list on New Zealand's Exchange 13:47

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Two people have been arrested trying to leave the country - four months after a fisherman found an unidentified woman's body dressed in pyjamas, floating at Auckland's Gulf Harbour 13:47

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Law and Order:
Police are asking for witnesses to a random attack on a bus in Auckland's Pakuranga on Friday morning 13:07

Entertainment:
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Health & Safety:
Health New Zealand's had to apologise to the family of an elderly man who died less than an hour after discharge from Taranaki Base Hospital 12:27

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