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An elderly man who fell over in a public toilet in Christchurch had his phone stolen after calling out for help.
On Saturday, 92-year-old Gordon Proctor fell over in the toilet in the suburb of New Brighton, Star News reports.
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Read more: Elderly Christchurch resident falls over, man steals his phone
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/elderly-christchurch-resident-falls-over-man-steals-his-phone.html
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Police have published an amended price list for prohibited firearms and parts eligible under the buy-back scheme.
This is the fourth iteration of the price list since the announcement of the buy-back and amnesty on 20 June 2019.
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Read more: Updated prohibited firearms price list released
- Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161381-updated-prohibited-firearms-price-list-released.html
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Transport Agency emails reveal a flurry of activity by officials anxious to avoid embarrassment and blame after problems emerged with cameras installed in taxis.
The emails from 2014 show staff were worried a type of camera installed in hundreds of taxis around the country - the Lintek TaxiTrekT1 - could be faulty because some of the footage could not be downloaded.
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Read more: Taxi camera concerns has NZTA scrambling to avoid embarrassment
- Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161387-taxi-camera-concerns-has-nzta-scrambling-to-avoid-embarrassment.html
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Read more: Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump's border wall
- Article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall/ar-AAGOpu1?ocid=sf
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PONTIAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - There are two things that Joseph Cantu says keeps him staying strong: His faith in god and hope that his kids won't remember it.
The 'it' are the housing struggles of Cantu and his five children.
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Read more: Homeless father of five can't find shelter that takes men with children
- Article: http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/homeless-father-of-five-can-t-find-shelter-that-takes-men-with-children?fbclid=IwAR1Um8Mgt9U1kwoB2DTRHBeOVc9Tr5QVrj2-6ZauLe7lBVQnp4vhgc3wTbI
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Police admit destroying items gathered during the Pike River investigation but say the items held "no value".
Some Pike families are demanding answers as to why police destroyed the evidence from the Pike River mine in 2015.
Detective Superintendent Peter Read said some items gathered during the Pike River investigation that were assessed to hold no evidential value were destroyed.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115559773/police-say-pike-river-evidence-destroyed-in-2015-held-no-value-but-families-want-answers
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OPINION: The ruthless, selfish, money grabbing cynic of a landlord in me is rubbing my hands together in quiet satisfaction. The property-owning gerontocracy won again.
It has always won since 1996 because it uses its votes under MMP to stop change that would hurt its interests. That's the way MMP was supposed to work and until those young renters gang together to use MMP in their own interests, nothing much will change.
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Read more: With the KiwiBuild reset, young renters just got toasted again
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/115557248/with-the-kiwibuild-reset-young-renters-just-got-toasted-again
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Ten people in French Polynesia have been given jail sentences of up to seven years over a racket with child prostitution sex and drug dealing.
The criminal court gave a seven-year prison term to a former teacher Sabine Biorot who was identified as the central figure procuring children who were given methamphetamine.
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Read more: Group in French Polynesia jailed over underage sex and drugs
- Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161141-group-french-polynesia-jailed-over-underage-sex-and-drugs.html
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