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Wet weather in parts of the country seem to have dampened New Year celebrations with both police and St John reporting relatively quiet nights.
The ambulance service responded to 177 incidents between 10pm and 3am - around 40 percent down on previous years, and similar to a busy Saturday night.
Deputy chief executive of ambulance operations Dan Ohs told RNZ the workload was busiest across the Western Bay of Plenty and Auckland areas.
"Unfortunately, overnigh
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