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21 Feb: A 19-year-old man has been charged following an assault in Wellington's Wainuiomata earlier this month

21 Feb: A busy Christchurch intersection is shut, as emergency services respond to a crash involving a car and motorbike

21 Feb: Schools in Wellington's eastern suburbs have been warned after an older man took out a knife and pointed it a group of children

21 Feb: The family of a 21-year-old man killed after a central Wellington coward punch - is remembering him as a kind person

21 Feb: Six weeks of controls on fruit and vegetables will kickstart on Auckland's North Shore today after the discovery of a single fruit fly

20 Feb: A person has died at a property on Grassmere Street in Christchurch's Papanui

20 Feb: A clash between Auckland Airport and Air New Zealand's top bosses

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A busy Christchurch intersection is shut, as emergency services respond to a crash involving a car and motorbike 7:47

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Schools in Wellington's eastern suburbs have been warned after an older man took out a knife and pointed it a group of children 7:37

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