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Whanganui domestic visitor spending top of the table
This data continued the district's positive economic trends.
Mike Hosking: Labour will get punished this election - for what they did do
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PM Chris Hipkins to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping
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Bleak outlook for Auckland Tuatara baseball creditors owed $1.75m
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The pay gap between the rich and the rest needs obligations
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‘Pretty sh*t’: Farmers & IMF assess NZ economy
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Chlöe Swarbrick: If it’s the economy, it's not stupid to define what that means
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‘Intention to open’ Mt Ruapehu’s ski fields this season as $81.6m debt revealed
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Auckland Light Rail shifts up a gear
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Commodity export prices steady despite slowing China demand
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Inflation clauses costing councils millions
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