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Published: 06 September 2019

Last weekend, a Māori man living in Australia got kicked out of a restaurant because the bouncer didn't like the look of his face.

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• cultural racism

Read more: Australian-based Māori man speaks out after being refused restaurant entry because of his tā moko

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/australian-based-m-ori-man-speaks-out-after-being-refused-restaurant-entry-because-of-his-t-moko.html

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Published: 06 September 2019

People are being urged to make sure their homes have basic fire prevention, set up and in working order, following the death of a 97-year-old man in a house fire on Auckland’s Northshore last Friday.

"This was a preventable tragedy," Fire and Emergency Te Hiku /Auckland Manager Ron Devlin says.

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Read more: Fire safety warning following death

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161492-fire-safety-warning-following-death.html

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Published: 06 September 2019

Some drivers scoffed burgers and pies with both hands while steering with their knees or elbows.

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• driving
• distraction
• road toll

Read more: Waikato police bust drivers scrolling Facebook, eating, checking emails

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/115585169/waikato-police-bust-drivers-scrolling-facebook-eating-checking-emails

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Published: 06 September 2019

A 65-year-old Victim Support area manager condemned a young boy to a "life sentence of guilt, confusion, anger and turmoil" when he should have been the person his family could have counted on.

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• Assault
• child abuse
• child sex offender

Read more: Ex-Victim Support area manager jailed 14 years for sexually assaulting boy

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115608267/exvictim-support-area-manager-jailed-14-years-for-raping-boy

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