Author: Katie Doyle

Provisional figures from the coroner show that more than 70 people have died from synthetic cannabis toxicity in the past two years.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/398453/synthetic-cannabis-more-than-70-deaths-in-two-years-blamed-on-the-drug
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Author: Andrea Vance and Alison Mau

Labour took six months to act on a complaint that a party staffer sexually assaulted a teenage volunteer in his family home.

It was the staffer's second alleged assault on the 19-year-old woman.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/115652892/labour-took-six-months-to-investigate-serious-sexual-assault-complaint
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Author: Garth Bray

Westpac NZ has apologised unreservedly for telling a customer he had three weeks to pay off his home loan and close all his accounts – and for refusing to tell him why.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/customer-turns-fair-go-after-his-bank-dumps-him-without-explanation
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Author: Megan Harvey

Kiwis are being warned to be vigilant with a new scam posing as a courier package alert to unsuspecting "customers".

Many around the country say they have received text messages about paying for track and trace packages.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/fears-as-track-and-trace-parcel-delivery-scam-targets-unsuspecting-kiwis/
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Police are seeking witnesses to an assault that occurred on the corner of Dee and Esk Streets, Invercargill, yesterday, Sunday 8 September.

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Bullying remains widespread throughout the police little more than a decade after a commission of inquiry into the organisation's culture, victims say.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161630-bullying-police-it-just-builds-up-and-builds-up.html
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Author: Lana Andelane Reddit

Warning: This article contains content that may distress some readers.

An Australian woman, who was raped by her half brother, is devastated after her own parents supported her rapist in court.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/australian-woman-shattered-after-parents-support-her-brother-that-raped-her.html
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Official documents suggest immigration officials were pressured from the top to ask for more money to stop boat people.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/howard-levarko-documents-reveal-government-urged-immigration-officials-to-ask-for-more-money-to-stop-boat-people/
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