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Election live: Luxon, Seymour spar over Opportunity

Ahead of the November 7 election — follow 1News for the latest from the campaign trail.

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'Nobody is listening to us': Blenheim's Wairau Hospital ED crisis 
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'Thank you for waiting everybody'  
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0:27
Luxon takes a hit on the campaign trail
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"Do we just leave our people to suffer another three years of this sort of behaviour, which will only get worse, or do we do something about it, whatever it is we can do?"

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"Do we just leave our people to suffer another three years of this sort of behaviour, which will only get worse, or do we do something about it, whatever it is we can do?"

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