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Air NZ to suspend Christchurch-Gold Coast flights over summer
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'Crisis': Labour's new tech spokesman on the digital challenge
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'Mastermind' jailed 11+ years for $11m drug syndicate in Christchurch
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'Considerable havoc': Man banned from running a business for life
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'Largest portfolio' – $600m+ deal for seven NZ hotels to be sold
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Oldest living All Black Bill McCaw dies
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Police, NZ Customs seize 25kg worth of cocaine valued at $9 million
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‘Picked the right person for the job’: Ex-NZ police chief confirmed as Victoria’s top cop
Mike Bush was NZ's Police Commissioner from 2014 until 2020.
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Second airline to fly between Auckland and Perth, Qantas revives non-stop route
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Ex-NZ police chief Mike Bush lands top Australian cop job
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