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• Peruvian presidential race decided in tight election

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  11 Jun 2016

  Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has conceded to rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a tight election. With all ballots counted, Mr Kuczynski has won 50.1 percent of the vote, just...

  Peruvian presidential race decided in tight election

• Real estate agents push for meth testing regime for homes

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  10 Jun 2016

  A group representing real-estate agents is urging the government to standardise the testing homes for meth contamination. The Real Estate Institute has set up a working group to look at...

  Real estate agents push for meth testing regime for homes

• 11th person charged with kidnapping woman who escaped from boot

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  10 Jun 2016

  An 11th person has been charged with kidnapping a woman who escaped bound and gagged from a moving car in Papatoetoe in March. Jindarat Prutsiriporn died in Middlemore Hospital after...

  11th person charged with kidnapping woman who escaped from boot

• Q'town police wrongly accused woman on Facebook

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  10 Jun 2016

  Queenstown police are reviewing their social media procedures after a woman was wrongly accused on Facebook. Police posted a video of a man shoplifting and stated Ginny Mitchell, who was...

  Q'town police wrongly accused woman on Facebook