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An investigation was launched after the employee complained to MBIE.
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Opinion: Relationship building needed for our youth
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'Infighting', 'realistic rates': Minister's reasons for replacing council
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Mount Maunganui visitor centre plans canned, council to refund PGF money
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City council's $285,000 byelection to carry on
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Dad says man made sexual comments to girl at bus stop
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New factory grounds blessed in Tauriko
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Letters to the editor: Speed limit reduction illogical
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Samantha Motion: When roads become bitumen battlegrounds
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Business Digest: Businesses encouraged to get financially fit for new era
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Eye fillet steak stolen, store damaged as butcher targeted again
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Tauranga cyclists to collect for foodbank via Santa run
Tauranga cyclists plan to share the Santa spirit by donating to the foodbank.
'Easy pickings' for police: Drivers busted using phones on the rise
The number of drivers snapped using cellphones at the wheel is on the rise.
New jobs put bright spin on redundancies
Redundancies have opened new doors for two men in the Bay.
Why ketamine is being trialled as an antidepressant in the Bay
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Letters to the editor: Labour's economics an easy target
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Dawn Picken: Big Brother is watching
OPINION: Facial images may be collected at a distance, without consent or knowledge.
Construction milestone in Bay Link project gets under way, delays expected
There will be a partial closure of the roundabout causing some delay for motorists.
Samantha Motion: Minister's move to sack council a bold one
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Fifteen years running: Cooney Lees Morgan gives generously to Foodbank
Cooney Lees Morgan has once again collected a massive donation.
'Democracy has gone': Councillors hit back at minister's intention to replace them
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