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Caption:The spirits industry says it supports targeted programmes but believes the draft Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder strategy is too broad. File photoPhoto credit:By Angie Garrett from Ridgely, USA [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Composite of Winston Peters and documents
Composite of Winston Peters and documents
Tiltshift effect of prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on wooden table for opioid epidemic illustration
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Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders spokesperson, Christine Rose and Minister Shane Jones.
Wellington mayor Andrew Little.
Coogee Beach shark attack victim Leah Stewart with her daughter before the June 2026 shark attack
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Juan Manuel Leon Sandoval’s case was heard in the Hamilton District Court.
A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan Island, 5 August, 2022. T