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9 October 2026

'Threatened to smash my face in': Mum of autistic teen struggles with awful noisy neighbours

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'Threatened to smash my face in': Mum of autistic teen struggles with awful noisy neighbours

An Auckland mother says her neighbours are stopping her autistic daughter sleeping and threatening violence - and Kāinga Ora hasn't fixed it.

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