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It is very early days and already, in what appears to be a finely calibrated insult to make David Seymour appear weak, Winston Peters has responded to the first overture from the Act leader for talks by ignoring him.

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Wellington's nightlife district has the highest proportion of assault and sexual assault crimes in New Zealand.

Monique Ford/Stuff Consumer spending was down 6.86 per cent, according to data from consultancy Dot Loves Data A number of people had held out as long as they could, using available cash reserves, but were now starting to feel the pain, Lester said. According to a survey conducted by Nielsen, 75 per cent of New Zealanders had some sort of loan and 14 per cent had missed at least one loan payment. “Certain sectors are still hurting and that could have a flow-on effect,” Lester said. Les...