{"id":262,"date":"2014-08-18T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ensing.co.nz\/?p=262"},"modified":"2014-08-18T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T00:09:40","slug":"premiere-of-storm-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensing.co.nz\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Premiere of Storm Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><body style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; \"><\/p>\n<div apple-content-edited=\"true\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; \">\n<div class=\"post-header-line-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-6477522564226815683\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" style=\"font-size: 16px; 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