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SocietyApril 20, 2017

Kiwis of Snapchat: Jami-Lee Ross has had a gutsful of window washers (WATCH)

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Introducing our new video series Kiwis of Snapchat, wherein comedian Tom Sainsbury sources exclusive Snapchat footage of Kiwi citizens making the news. Today, Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross is still steamed about window-washers.

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We asked everyone who voted at the time, and everyone in parliament now.

By Charlotte Muru-Lanning

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By Shanti Mathias

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What New Zealand music should Jacinda Ardern give to Boris Johnson?

If gifting fellow prime ministers a stack of local LPs is the new tradition, here are 10 suggestions to take to No 10.

By Toby Manhire

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