'Big s*** storm': Teacher quits job to homeschool child after ministry cuts bus route
'I'd love to be working; I don't get pure satisfaction sitting here at home doing this.'
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‘Put your gun down’: Man arrested after 3-hour standoff with armed police in Auckland
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Teen killers’ identities finally revealed, two years after road rage stab attack on stranger
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Wayne Brown meets Desley Simpson for first time since she eyes his job
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Editorial: Auckland Council should run ruler over Western Springs decision
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