Mother confronts her daughter's sex offender: 'I hate you'
She said he had left her little girl with 'life-long trauma' and broken their family.
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Battle of the Chrises, crack down on the prison population and two police officers attacked in Auckland | Focus Morning Bulletin September 20, 2023
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Pedestrian death: Drink-driver admits killing Irish national
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Focus: Homicide investigation after incident on Auckland's North Shore
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