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"publishedAt": "2026-02-16T16:30:00.000Z",
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"textContent": "At K9 Medical Detection New Zealand headquarters at Invermay are (from left) Get Yourself Checked charity co-founder Mark Tobin, K9MD ambassador Melanie Kerr, Get Yourself Checked charity co-founder Brett Hanley, K9MD dog trainer Freya Moore and K9MD founder Pauline \nBlomfield with detection dog Freida. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON \n\n \n\nWord of a Dunedin trust’s ground-breaking work, using specially trained dogs to sniff out cancer, is spreading around the globe and an Australian charity has just raised $NZ200,000 for the trust to continue its research.",
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