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Author: Bonnie Flaws

It's easier and quicker to build a house than it is to get building consent, some builders say.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/115553946/councils-costing-people-thousands-in-building-consent-delays
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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