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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.

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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Sisters sue father, fear reprisal

Two Napier teenagers who successfully sued their father for $20,000 worth of stolen pocket money fear he will re-appeal in an effort to forgo his court ordered payments.

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Ratzmatazz

Why on earth would these girls fear reprisal? from who?They earned the money, it was banked into accounts with their own names and he took it. Pretty low thing to do. If someone took money he earned I'm sure he wouldnt have such a blase attitude about...

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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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