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At his current rate of repayments, Paul Cronin will be 76 before he clears the mortgage on his Morrinsville property.
He pays about $325 a week and also has a student loan debt of about $20,000.
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A man has died after a police pursuit in the Bay of Plenty overnight.
Bay of Plenty road policing manager Inspector Brent Crowe said initial indications were that the 27-year-old died after losing control of his vehicle on a a sweeping right-hand bend in Whakatāne.
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Imagine Fire and Emergency New Zealand setting up a national police force. Or KiwiRail building its own state highway network across the country.
It may seem far-fetched to have two taxpayer-funded government entities doing the same thing.
But that's how WeatherWatch managing director Philip Duncan describes the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) competing with long-term government-sanctioned forecaster and state-owned enterprise MetService.
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The daughter of a senior Hells Angel gang member was recruited into Police College, then suspended shortly before her wing graduated after the relationship was vetted more closely.
The young woman declared the family ties to her father - it is believed she claimed to be estranged from him - during the application process and was accepted into the 16-week programme this year.
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A North Shore teenager who admitted raping two schoolgirls and violating another - while they were too drunk to stop him - has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention on the basis of his age and previous good character.
The sentence has outraged victim advocates and those who know the teen, saying it sends a dangerous and "awful" message to other young men.
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Seven thousand employees at The Warehouse will now be paid a living wage after four days of negotiations.
The company has now agreed to the deal, which would see the majority of First Union members earning a living wage.
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At least 10 teenagers have been injured - five critically - after gunfire broke out at a United States high school football game.
The shooting at Ladd-Peebles stadium in Mobile, Alabama happened just after a game between Leflore High School and Williamson High School finished.
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As Auckland's outbreak of measles continues to worsen, health officials have been seeing 18 to 20 new cases per day in the past week.
Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) Medical officer of health Dr William Rainger told media on Saturday there had been 778 cases of measles in the year to date. Most of those affected are children under five and young people aged 15-29.
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