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Dairy robbery foiled by quick thinking
By KIM RUSCOE - Fairfax Media
Attempts by two would-be young robbers to hold up a local dairy were foiled when the shop owner chased them out the door and into the arms of a nearby security guard, police say.
Paper mill explosions investigated
A series of explosions at a pulp and paper mill at Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty sparked an urgent response from fire crews in the district this afternoon.
Workers to pay large increase in ACC levies
The average worker will have to pay a 21 per cent increase in their ACC bill next year, rising from $658 a year to $799, ACC Minister Nick Smith said today.
Boy kicked unconscious in park
A 14-year-old boy has told how he pulled out a knife and cut two older teenagers who were robbing him in a Christchurch park - and got a beating that put him in hospital for three days.
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Boy kicked unconscious in park
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