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'Disgusting': Cat shootings prompt warnings about anti-feline violence

Two cats were shot with pellet guns in separate incidents last week.

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A woman driving a car (file image).

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AA identifies the 'concerning knowledge gaps' in NZ drivers

Study asks more than 500 licensed drivers a total of 24 questions about road rules and driving behaviour – with startling results of how much motorists don't know.

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Iran, Oman working on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

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Liquourland Hobson Street bottle shop on Vogel Lane at the CBD has until September to shut down

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Auckland CBD bottle shop ordered to shut down

Residents have compared the surrounding area to an open-air bar, with rough sleeping, drunkenness, urination, vomiting and disorderly behaviour.

A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor who crossed into Spain is escorted by a Spanish soldier to the Spain-Morocco border as the child begs not to be sent back to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

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Australian swimmer Isaac Cooper has stepped down from the Dolphins' leadership group after a drinking session at the Commonwealth Games.

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