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Michelle Bodzsar faked her six-year-old son's cancer to secure thousands in donations.

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'Comfort women' statue proposal rejected by Auckland local board

The plan was to install a statue in the Korean Cultural Garden at Barry’s Point Reserve in Auckland’s Takapuna.

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