'Shocking history': Recidivist drink driver clocks up 14th conviction
'The message clearly isn’t getting through and the deterrent is probably not high enough.'
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Auckland to Hamilton motorists told to avoid expressway this weekend
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Man changed partner’s bloody clothes after fatal assault, then called 111
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