Barack Obama fills in for Santa Claus during surprise Christmas visit to children's hospital

The former US president surprises patients and their families at the Children's National Medical Center, wearing a Santa hat, singing and dancing and handing out presents to sick kids.

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1 11/25/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
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2 12/04/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
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3 Last Tuesday at 4:08 PM www.nzherald.co.nz
Missing North Shore teen Mia Cooper found

4 12/17/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
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5 Last Thursday at 9:10 AM www.nzherald.co.nz
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10 Last Friday at 10:16 AM www.nzherald.co.nz
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11 Last Tuesday at 4:07 PM www.stuff.co.nz
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12 12/04/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Recreational cannabis referendum in 2020

13 12/17/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
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14 12/15/2018 www.stuff.co.nz
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15 12/17/2018 www.stuff.co.nz
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Free Auckland buses and trains to curb drunk driving

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18 12/16/2018 www.stuff.co.nz
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20 11/30/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Crown won't appeal home detention for killer driver

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McDonald's new Kiwi-as McFlurry revealed

22 11/27/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Netflix drops major Harry Potter news

23 Last Tuesday at 4:00 PM www.nzherald.co.nz
Sex abuser youth worker's sickening no-prison gloating

24 11/26/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
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25 12/16/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Campers evacuated from Waihi Beach

26 Yesterday at 10:07 AM www.nzherald.co.nz
'Thirsty' builder busted drinking bourbon on way to work in Otago

27 12/16/2018 www.stuff.co.nz
Police investigating baby's 'unexplained' death

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Jacinda Ardern named among world's most powerful women

29 12/04/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Palmerston North family opens plastic-free greengrocers

30 12/16/2018 www.stuff.co.nz
Group sex incident at Taupō drift event caught on camera

31 11/28/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Kaivolution has plenty of food to save from landfill

32 12/17/2018 www.stuff.co.nz
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33 Yesterday at 1:07 PM www.nzherald.co.nz
Auckland teen missing for almost a month

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria discovered in two Canterbury rivers

35 Last Tuesday at 7:43 PM www.stuff.co.nz
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37 11/30/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Home detention for 'coward punch' killing

38 12/05/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Twenty One Pilots' Josh Dun proposes to Insatiable actress Debby Ryan in New Zealand treehouse

39 Yesterday at 11:21 AM www.stuff.co.nz
One half of New Zealand's kūmara-saving couple dies

40 Yesterday at 2:25 PM www.stuff.co.nz
Watch: Te reo Māori cover of Queen classic goes viral

41 12/01/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Civil Defence text alerts on the way

42 11/24/2018 www.odt.co.nz
Fastway Couriers staff filmed hurling customers' packages between vehicles

43 Last Wednesday at 11:31 PM www.stuff.co.nz
Firefighters attacked by mob: Chief's plea for more police

44 12/01/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
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45 Yesterday at 9:40 AM www.nzherald.co.nz
Illegal workers: Man arrested for human trafficking, slavery

46 12/16/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Man hospitalised after shark attack at Northland beach

47 12/15/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Air NZ engineers to strike just before Christmas, thousands of passengers affected

48 12/06/2018 www.nzherald.co.nz
Six baby seals found decapitated at Canterbury bay

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Hamilton-Auckland train trial gets tick from NZ Transport Agency

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