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Despite the low liquidity and lack of company news share market puts in good performance.
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I’m trying 'intermittent sobriety' because I enjoy drinking too much to give it up
Telegraph: Small adjustments to your drinking patterns can seismically affect your health.
Recorp can-making boss Bruce Parton: What’s coming up in 2025
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NY Times: Heatwaves impair cognition, increase aggression, and disrupt self-control.
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Farmer says he’s not just farming sheep any more, he’s “trying to farm worms”.
Letters: Education, and quoting a cockatoo ...
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Gang patch ban: Who are the Damned Pirates, Fitus and H-Town 07?
Police intel files reveal fresh details on little-known Kiwi gangs subject to new law.
Tourism bosses told Wayne Brown his CCO reforms stood to lose $2m for major events
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Kevin Page: Christmas stress the hit even the best
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Rev Glynn Cardy: It’s the time to spread a little Christmas cheer
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Sharemarket full of cheer in leadup to Christmas
Volumes were lighter as investors are thinking more about the summer holidays.
Alice Soper: No surprise at athletes speaking on Māori issues
OPINION: They haven’t had the luxury to opt out of politics.
Chris Rattue: Is Liam Lawson destined to fail at Red Bull?
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Eight peculiar traits of a narcissist – and how to spot them
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Summer streaming: Cate Blanchett stars in Alfonso Cuarón’s ambitious series Disclaimer
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Heidi Klum: 'I have a younger husband. Sex is good – very good'
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Anna Wise: I’m 67, single and I’d never get married again
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