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Progress in K2 campaign
Progress has been made to clear the shelves of the synthetic drug K2. Drug regulation group Star Trust has been able to convince the drug manufacturers to remove the drug from the shelves in the coming weeks. Star Trust general manager Grant Hall says this is a big step. "It's the most famous, probably most successful brand in the southern ...
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Progress in K2 campaign
Progress has been made to clear the shelves of the synthetic drug K2. Drug regulation group Star Trust has been able to convince the drug manufacturers to remove the drug from the shelves in the coming weeks. Star Trust general manager Grant Hall says this is a big step. "It's the most famous, probably most successful brand in the southern ...
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Progress in K2 campaign
Progress has been made to clear the shelves of the synthetic drug K2. Drug regulation group Star Trust has been able to convince the drug manufacturers to remove the drug from the shelves in the coming weeks. Star Trust general manager Grant Hall says this is a big step. "It's the most famous, probably most successful brand in the southern ...
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Progress in K2 campaign
Progress has been made to clear the shelves of the synthetic drug K2. Drug regulation group Star Trust has been able to convince the drug manufacturers to remove the drug from the shelves in the coming weeks. Star Trust general manager Grant Hall says this is a big step. "It's the most famous, probably most successful brand in the southern ...
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Homeless man causes bomb scare
A homeless man collecting scrap metal for cash unwittingly sparked a costly bomb scare when he left a refrigerator compressor on a city bus stop seat. Auckland man Sean O'Dwyer found the discarded motor at the bottom of Queen St on April 24 and carried it most of the way up the busy street before tiring and leaving it at the bus stop. "It was really heavy so I left it there and ...
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SkyCity expands in Queenstown
SkyCity Entertainment Group is increasing its presence in Queenstown with the purchase of Wharf Casino.SkyCity said it has purchased Otago Casinos Ltd, which holds the licence for the Wharf Casino, for $5 million.The casino operates from the wharf where tourist attraction the TSS Ernslaw steamship docks.The owner of Auckland's SkyCity casino last week did a deal with the government to build ...
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SkyCity expands in Queenstown
SkyCity Entertainment Group is increasing its presence in Queenstown with the purchase of Wharf Casino.SkyCity said it has purchased Otago Casinos Ltd, which holds the licence for the Wharf Casino, for $5 million.The casino operates from the wharf where tourist attraction the TSS Ernslaw steamship docks.The owner of Auckland's SkyCity casino last week did a deal with the government to build ...
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Schools in lockdown after gun sighting
Two schools on Auckland's North Shore were locked down after armed police investigating a domestic incident were told of a possible gunman sighting on school grounds.Albany Junior High School and Kristin School in Albany were locked down early on Monday afternoon as about 50 armed police converged on a home near the schools.Inspector Les Paterson says police who were investigating a ...
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SkyCity expands in Queenstown
SkyCity Entertainment Group is increasing its presence in Queenstown with the purchase of Wharf Casino.SkyCity said it has purchased Otago Casinos Ltd, which holds the licence for the Wharf Casino, for $5 million.The casino operates from the wharf where tourist attraction the TSS Ernslaw steamship docks.The owner of Auckland's SkyCity casino last week did a deal with the government to build ...
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Christina Aguilera is returning to The Voice USA.
A mole told The Wrap that former panellist Christina - who left the show in 2012 after three seasons to promote her latest album 'LOTUS' - is expected to return this autumn after signing a deal worth a rumoured $17 million.It is as yet unclear whether Cee Lo Green, who also departed last year, will be returning alongside Christina or whether his popular replacement, Usher, will stay ...
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Google Glass makes you look like a complete dork
This just in from Google's I/O conference in San Francisco, where Christchurch man Ben Kepes has been trying company's prototype camera-equipped smart glasses. "Having spent a few hours walking around San Francisco's Moscone center wearing, and trying to use, Google Glass, I'm less worried by the privacy impacts of the device than I am the sartorial impacts," the ...
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Man held over gun scare at Cannes festival
A man has been arrested after shots were fired at the Cannes Film Festival, sparking panic on a dramatic day that also featured a jewellery heist.Chaos erupted briefly on Cannes' main thoroughfare on Friday (Saturday NZT) when the suspected assailant allegedly fired two blank shots near the filming of a live television program.Police said the man, who was quickly detained, also had a fake ...
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Cara Delevingne has had her first tattoo.
Posting a picture of the artwork on Instagram via her Twitter page, she wrote: "My first tattoo!! Lions rule! Thank you so much @BangBang badgalriri (sic)"She then added: " I am so happy! Thanks again @BangBang @elemags ! RAWWWW (sic)"And Rihanna tweeted: "My lover caradelevingne just came over and got tagged for the first time!! Only by the best @BangBang(sic) ...
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James Franco is comfortable mocking himself.
The 35-year-old Hollywood heartthrob - who has starred in various spoof videos, some of were created by him to ridicule himself - is comfortable with people poking fun at him because he can laugh at ...
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Coercive Moves Disguised as Workshops
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 3:24 pm Press Release: Quake Outcasts Coercive Moves Disguised as "Workshops"Christchurch- The government, through CERA and the quake organisation CanCern released a letter to Canterbury residential "red zone" residents. The letter suggests there will be "workshops" for people to "discuss their concerns" and is targeted at ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said. - APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said. - APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
Auckland Feature Story
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Auckland's infastructure needs upgrading in the long run.
Auckland may in the next few years be able to upgrade two major pieces of infastructure and reap the economic benefits for the city.
There may, in the near future, be a four-lane road of national significance (RONS) between Auckland and Whangarei, which would make travel between the country’s largest city and Northland much faster and more efficient, while providing significant economic benefits to both regions as well. Read more
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