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About 10,000 insurance claims have been lodged as a result of the wild weather that battered New Zealand last month.
Severe wind and heavy rain warnings were issued for much of the South Island and the lower North Island.
A wind storm on 23 October cut power to tens of thousands of homes, tore off roofs, and downed trees and fences, l
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