Wind and rain pound the lower North Island on Thursday
TVNZ
Thu Jul 24 07:49:00 2008
On Wednesday it was heavy rain and high seas, and now Wellington has been hit by slips and gale force winds

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New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:07 2008
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Stuff
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Special court orders aimed at controlling child sex offenders after their release from jail are working, the Government says, despite two high profile breaches of the orders in recent weeks.

Wellington hit by slips and gale force winds (Newstalk ZB)
Yahoo Xtra
Wed Jul 23 22:49:25 2008
Yesterday it was heavy rain and high seas, today Wellington's been hit by slips and gale force winds.