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Letter writer JOHN MURRAY is disgusted at the ACT government for chasing fines from families who were paying their respects for those who served in Vietnam.

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Nick Mailau17:05, Jul 20 2021 SUPPLIED Teacher Nick Mailau says perspectives that opportunities are equal for all school students, particularly non-Pākehā ones, are wrong. OPINION: My parents separated when I was 7 years old, and Dad moved in with kāinga (the village) on Tripoli Road in Glen Innes in Auckland. Many of my aunties, uncles and cousins lived there too, about 16 of them under a roof in a cold, mouldy, broken-down state house. Rats scampered in the ceiling at night, like a percussion instrument among the rhythm of police sirens and helicopters outside.  My Tongan fām...

Premium Content Luke Owen Wood A man who was caught drug driving three times in a little more than a month fronted Bowen Magistrates Court to be sentenced. Luke Owen Wood, 30, had methylamphetamine and marijuana in his system all three times. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Sarah Rowe told the court Wood was first caught on the Bruce Highway at Glenella on October 11. He was then caught on Shute Harbour Rd at Jubilee Pocket on November 3 and finally on Riordanvale Rd at Cannon Valley on November 22. Wood on Tuesday pleaded guilty to three counts of drug driving on a probationary lice...