Hipkins: Aucklanders shouldn't be going to Queenstown for conferences
'We are asking Aucklanders to continue to take their alert level restrictions with them.'
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Man jailed for escaping lockdown and spitting at police when claiming to have Covid
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Jail, home detention for pair in drunken 'white power' attack
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Queenstown 'lacks reserves' to get through another lockdown - employers
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First look at Otago Uni's planned Queenstown retreat
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Weather: Quiet Sunday before low brings more rain, wind
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Flight stuck by lightning diverted to Christchurch Airport, passengers safe.
Restaurant staff step up to plate and revive dying diner
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Police seek man who allegedly pulled knife on boy
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