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    Gone incognito

    Aug 22, 2018 3 minutes
    TEXT - CHRIS BARTON

    Warning: state house alert. It speaks badly of this country’s humanity when news of a Housing New Zealand development sparks howls of protest. It happened in Epsom. Neighbouring residents gathered to express dismay at the prospect of a redevelopment of adjoining properties on Banff Ave into a five-storey 25-unit apartment block. Goaded by their twerking MP, David Seymour, who was concerned about “social and mental-health issues”, the protesters seemed convinced it would lead to an influx of P smokers and other crime, plus of course a

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