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Fisticuffs to be knockout event for charity

A chat about big fists between two Napier businessmen recently has led to a unique fundraising venture to support a cause both are keen to do their bit for - the Breast Cancer Cure Research Trust.

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Party leader says Maori TV is racist

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party leader Michael Appleby has lodged a complaint to the Human Rights Commission further challenging his exclusion from a candidates' television debate in Gisborne next week.

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Mother-of-two Gail Bower's body was found in the backyard of her Havelock North home.

Protection order breached: Police

A man accused of stabbing to death the mother of his children in Havelock North this month was allegedly breaching a protection order when police say he went to her home and murdered her, charges before court reveal.

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DHB slammed for letting mental health patient decline procedure

DHB slammed for letting mental health patient decline procedure

A decision to allow a mental health patient to decline a potentially life-saving procedure has been slammed by a coroner. Wellington Regional Coroner Ian Roderick Smith criticised Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) in three inquest findings released today. He said 61-year-old Melvyn Bedford, who had an alcohol-induced dementia disorder, should never been given the choice of having a nasogastric tube inserted to drain fluid from his stomach while going under the knife for a hernia operation. Mr Bedford, well-known to the Kapiti Community Mental Health Team, and who was subject to…

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