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National, Labour eye up Auckland Central

Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick took the Auckland Central seat from the two major parties last election – but who will the electorate choose this October?

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Te Pāti Māori kicks off campaign with Matariki block party

Te Pāti Māori co-leaders proved there ain’t no party like a Māori party in Henderson on Thursday night

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'This election is the last chance': Greens kick off Auckland campaigns

Changes to the political landscape could bode well for the Greens, as Auckland seats once all but promised to the two major parties are up for debate

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The Luxon Show hits the West

It was a Labour zone in the last two elections, but last night the leader of the opposition did his best to turn that around at a public meeting in Te Atatū electorate

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E-scooters should be ‘seized and crushed’, police chief urges

Matthew Scott, who is the police and crime commissioner for Kent, warned against ‘a summer blighted by anti-social vehicles’

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Man lived for weeks with dead friend's decaying body in his bedroom

Jamie Russell was slapped with a prison sentence after he failed to notify anyone that the corpse of his friend Matthew Scott, 42, was rotting away on a mattress in his bedroom in Swansea

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Man left friend's body decomposing in bedroom so long maggots were feeding on corpse

The deceased man's devastated family said they had not been able to say goodbye properly to their loved one, and were advised not to see his body as it had severely decomposed.

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Crime top of mind for Luxon crowd

A crowded North Shore event kicked off the next phase of Christopher Luxon’s protracted job interview for the job of Prime Minister

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Auckland's new tool to fight the bus driver shortage

Safety barriers on Auckland buses could soon be part of a wide-ranging approach to attract bus drivers to Auckland and ‘rebuild’ the public transport system

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Auckland’s austere future: dodging debt by a thousand cuts

Are unkempt city streets a harbinger of things to come as Auckland Council looks to defund a wide-ranging ecosystem of services? Matthew Scott investigates how things will change on the ground.

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Hawkes Bay residents want to know where the Red Cross is

Only 10 percent of the Red Cross relief fund for post-Gabrielle recovery in Hawkes Bay has been given out - so what’s the hold-up? Matthew Scott finds out.

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Posie Parker drowned out by thousands

Posie Parker appeared in Auckland today for a brief few moments, but it was clear that she was going to have a hard time being heard above thousands of people exercising their own right to free speech

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Catching a fair ride

Independent taxi drivers asking for sky-high fares are causing headaches for the wider taxi industry.

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Maurice Williamson, back on the Razor Gang

A self-described 'lunatic geek' now in charge of cutting spending at the country's biggest council is ruffling bureaucratic feathers

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Former Edinburgh prisoner accused of scamming dozens says he will personally repay all victims

Far who modelled himself on Jordan Belfort, the fraudster in hit film The Wolf Of Wall Street, vowed to “personally repay all customers and investors” of Masco Detailing Ltd.

Daily Mirror

Conman accused of scamming £100,000 from Brits says he will personally repay all victims

Matthew Farr is at the centre of new rip-off claims at his car repair firm based in England. Alleged victims who want their money back claim the email address Farr has given them does not exist

Glasgow Live

Glasgow conman says he'll pay back lost cash after latest £100,000 scam claim

Matthew Farr, 37, was jailed for his part in a solar panel scheme that saw him using customers' deposits to aid his gambling habit and luxury lifestyle, now he's accused of being involved in a car repair rip-off.

Daily Record

Conman accused of scamming £100,000 from Scots says he will personally repay all victims

However the email address he has given to those who want their money back doesn’t appear to exist

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