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311,257 teens received second Covid shot after Ministers were briefed on myocarditis risk

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A total of 311,257 New Zealand teenagers, approximately 78% of the country's entire 12–17-year-old population, received a second Covid-19 vaccine dose after Government Ministers...

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Experienced legal advocate, community leader, and political campaigner Donna Pokere-Phillips has officially announced her parliamentary candidacy for the Hamilton West electorate with the Freedom...

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