Tory Whanau criticised media and fellow council members in her valedictory speech; The Education Review Office says school attendance it back to pre-covid levels, but there is still some work that needs to be done; New Zealand rugby legend Portia Woodman-Wickliffe will have a Barbie doll modelled on her.
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