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Author: Daisy Hudson

Performers and contractors at a controversial Otago cannabis festival have been left high and dry as the event's organiser tries to pay off debt of $70,000.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/cannabis-festival-debt-70000
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Author: Daisy Hudson

The Defence Force has been called in to dispose of a chemical that prompted a street closure in the Dunedin suburb of Kenmure this afternoon.

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Author: Tim McKinnel
Police have announced they are to introduce a trial of Armed Response Teams (ARTs) in Auckland, Waikato and Christchurch, euphemistically describing their role as one to "support police's tactical capabilities".
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Article: https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-crime/do-we-need-armed-police-in-special-vehicles-patrolling-communities
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Author: Alice Wilkins

An Auckland man is recovering in hospital after being attacked with a wooden stake and glass bottles in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/10/auckland-man-brutally-attacked-with-wooden-stake-after-asking-group-to-turn-down-music.html
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Author: Henry Cooke

The Government will fund up to 4000 more trades training places for high schoolers from next year.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/116737447/4000-more-trade-training-places-to-be-available-for-college-students
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Author: Dan Satherley

Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter says if National goes into the next election promising tax cuts, it'll be at the expense of the fight against measles. 

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Author: Newstalk ZB

The founder of the volunteer student army says young people shouldn't be forced into volunteering.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/sam-johnson-student-volunteer-army-founder-rejects-nz-firsts-community-service-proposal/
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Author: Emma Roberts

It is preposterous to me that many of my peers are so afraid of climate change that they say they can hardly think about it. I think what they should really be afraid of is government overreach caused by such exaggeration over the effects of climate change. 

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Article: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/24/socialism_not_climate_change_is_the_real_threat_141323.html
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