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The boss of a Reporoa holiday park who employed bonded labour and was ordered to pay a record $680,350 in penalties says she will not return the workers' money.
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Read more: 'Nightmare' holiday park owner refuses to pay back full bond to workers
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A controversial New Zealand newspaper cartoon has been labelled hurtful, discriminatory and racist by the country's media council.
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Read more: Controversial Samoan measles cartoon 'hurtful, racist' - Media Council
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Christchurch wind turbine company Windflow Technology has been put into voluntary liquidation.
The company appointed Wendy Somerville and Malcolm Hollis of PwC as liquidators on Wednesday, according to their first report to creditors.
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National is thinking about axing fuel taxes completely if it wins office in 2020.
Its Transport Spokesperson Chris Bishop will today release the party's transport discussion document, which proposes a move away from fuel taxes as the primary way of funding road building in New Zealand.
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Read more: National proposes axing fuel taxes, increasing funding for transport if it wins in 2020
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The use of a blackface character in Christchurch St Nicholas Day celebrations has been defended by the Race Relations Commissioner.
Black Pete, who assists St Nick in handing out gifts, has been branded blatantly racist.
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New Zealand authorities say the country will be a safer place after gun owners handed in more than 50,000 firearms during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons, but critics of the scheme say the amount collected has been woefully low.
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Read more: New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns as buyback scheme ends, but some say it is not enough
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The Privacy Commissioner is to conduct an inquiry into Trade Me's recent update to its privacy policy.
The update that came into effect earlier this month, outlined that Trade Me may use some personal information of members in its marketing.
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Read more: Inquiry launched into Trade Me privacy changes
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More than 56,000 banned firearms have been handed in under the Government's buyback scheme, and Opposition MPs have criticised it as a failure.
The official amnesty period for prosecution of owning banned firearms ends at midnight tonight, and there have been a number of events being held around the country for any last minute rush.
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Read more: Gun buyback numbers 'within the estimate'
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