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Northland news in brief: Rugby stalwart Moses Cherrington dies; and Lotto luck continues

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Northland news in brief: Rugby stalwart Moses Cherrington dies; and Lotto luck continues

A Northland punter won $39,661 with Lotto Second Division draw on Saturday. Aucklander won a whopping $1 million in the First Division. Strike player from Auckland won over $400,000 with Strike Four. Neville Thomson, 69, was mauled by a pack of dogs at his Puketawa Rd house. Constable Kyle Merritt graduated from the NZ Police College and will start work in Northlands shortly. One person is in a serious condition after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 in Kauri, north of Whangārei.

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