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Teacher disguised vodka as ‘sugar-free Gatorade’ while supervising children

Colleagues observed she was ‘happier’ and ‘chattier’ than normal that afternoon.

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A childcare worker in New Zealand drank vodka from a Gatorade bottle while working at an early childhood centre in January 2022.

Worker dies as digger rolls into river

Others at the scene jumped into the water but were unable to save the man.

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The Waimatā River flows through the Gisborne Region of New Zealand’s North Island.

Struggling baby turned blue as nurse lounged in headphones

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A Starship Hospital nurse has had her registration torn up following a tribunal hearing over three incidents.

Grandfather killed in one-punch attack after being mistaken for predator

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Grandfather Mewa Singh, 60, was killed in a one-punch attack when he was mistaken for a child abductor in New Zealand.

Almost 400 cats killed in controversial competition

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The organiser of a controversial cat-killing competition say it is needed to keep the number of damaging feral felines down.

Boy found dead in bedroom hours after complaining of sore throat

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William Jones as a young boy with his mother Rebecca Rollason, and again at age 16 after passing his driver's licence test.