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Music box invitations have been sent out for Kim Kardashians baby shower.
The white music box plays a "lullaby" version of rapper Kanye's track 'Hey Mama' as a plastic ballerina - which bears a resemblance to the famous beauty - dances.The invitations have been "given with love by Kris Jenner, Shelli Azoff, Kourtney Kardashian (and) Khloe Kardashian-Odom" and guests must RSVP by May 28 - four days before the event.The family have ...
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Four NZ boats in sailing finals
New Zealand, led by Olympic 470 champions Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, will have four boats racing for medals on the final day of the Dutch round of the Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup series.Aleh and Powrie sit first in their fleet ahead of the British pair of Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre going into the medal race at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik.In the Laser class, Andy Maloney is ...
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Christchurch engineer honoured with award
A Christchurch civil engineer, who has developed a new system for building earthquake-resistant buildings, has been honoured with a prestigious architecture award.Canterbury University Professor Andy Buchanan received the New Zealand Institute of Architects President's Award, which recognises a significant contribution to architecture or the built environment in New Zealand.Prof Buchanan ...
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Hero of London terrorist attack lived in Auckland
The heroic woman who confronted one of the terrorists in Thursday's savage attack in London lived in New Zealand for some time and both her children call Auckland their hometown. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett's son, Basil Baradaran, who went to Mt Albert Grammar, said he was "totally awestruck" by her actions. The 48-year-old mother was on a bus when she spotted the butchered body of a soldier on the ...
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Carry On News for business travellers
Airbus delivers China-built Sharket A320 China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of the first Sharklet-equipped A320 assembled at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Tianjin. Sharklets are fuel saving wing-tip devices. The A320, powered by IAE V2500 engines, features a two class cabin, seating 158 passengers with eight in business class and 150 in economy. The A320 made its first commercial flight ...
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NBR TOP PROPERTIES Top five apartment sales
These are the top five apartment sales of the year thus far, based on data from PropertyIQ, which owns and operates QV.co.nz. All are sales that have settled and have been advised to the ...
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Man shot in Auckland overnight
Photo / File Police are asking for the public's help after a man was shot in Auckland's east last night. Emergency services were called to Coates Crescent in Panmure at around 10.30pm, after reports of a shooting. The man's injuries are not life threatening. Police aren't yet releasing any further details. They are asking anyone who may have seen or heard anything in the ...
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Everest still one of mans great feats
When Sir Edmund Hillary's Everest expedition conquered the summit in 1953, it was considered, and still is, one of the greatest highlights of human endeavour.But explorers 60 years on are faced with a far shorter list of possible achievements, and few "firsts" left to conquer, according to a modern-day adventurer.Ed Stafford's comments come ahead of the 60th anniversary of ...
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Justin Bieber will sue guests $5 million if they spill secrets about his parties.
According to TMZ, the 19-year-old pop superstar has made sure the legal document highlights that no one can gossip about the "physical health, or the philosophical, spiritual or other views or characteristics" of any of the party goers.Guests are pre-warned that taking part in activities in the $6.5 million mansion could pose "potentially hazardous and you should not participate ...
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Thunderbirds wary of lowly Tactix
Key Adelaide Thunderbirds defender Renae Hallinan isn't expecting Canterbury Tactix to be the easy-beats their lowly trans-Tasman netball ranking might suggest when the two teams meet in Dunedin on Monday.It's been eight long weeks since the Thunderbirds lost a match, but Hallinan says the competition leaders remain wary of the Tactix, who sit eighth out of 10 on the ladder with only ...
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One dead in West Coast shed blaze
One person is dead after a shed fire on the West Coast early on Saturday.Emergency services were called to the blaze on Kaniere Road in Kaniere, just east of Hokitika, shortly before 4.30am.Three appliances were sent to the scene, and fire crews arrived to find the shed well ablaze, Fire Service West Coast Area Manager Mark Boerer told NZ Newswire.One person had died, but it was too early to ...
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American Horror Story Asylum and The Big Bang Theory have each been nominated for six Critics Choice Television Awards.
'AHS: Asylum' received nods for Best Movie or Minseries, Best Actress in a Movie or Minseries for Jessica Lange, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries for James Cromwell and Zachary Quinto and Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for Sarah Paulson and Lily ...
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Woman sentenced for immigration scam
A woman who stole more than $6000 from Tongan migrants in an immigration scam has been convicted in court.Khadijah Lolohea, 38, who appeared in Auckland District Court on Thursday, scammed the money from 13 people.Judge Ajit Singh said her victims had parted with money or goods, at a time when they were most vulnerable expecting to come to New Zealand."It is clear to me that each one of ...
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Hillarys heavy load and elation recalled
Sixty years after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest, climber after climber has achieved the feat.But the experience of an Everest climb in 2013 is undoubtedly poles apart from that of Hillary and Norgay.In their expedition, climbers hauled loads of nearly 20kg each, with food including tinned fruit and sardines.Nowadays, adventurers enjoy lightweight, ...
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Emma Stone says her mothers cancer diagnosis was “terrifying”.
The 'Amazing Spider-Man' actress was devastated when her mom Krista Stone was found to have triple negative breast cancer in 2008 and although she was living in Los Angeles at the time, Emma flew home to Arizona as much as possible while Krista underwent ...
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Investigation following Auckland shooting
Source: ONE News Police are investigating a shooting in an Auckland suburb last night. Police were called to a residential address in Panmure just before midnight where a man had been shot . The injured man was taken to hospital but police say his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. An investigation is under way and police are appealing to witnesses to contact ...
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Kiwis books give new Everest insight
Sir Edmund Hillary's exclamation that he and Tenzing Norgay had "knocked the bastard off" with their Everest summit conquest has become the best known phrase of the historic expedition.The New Zealander uttered the historic words to fellow Kiwi George Lowe, one of the team who helped him and Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of the world's highest peak on May ...
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Brad Pitt did everything he could to keep Angelina Jolies double mastectomy a secret.
A source told People magazine: "Brad did everything he could to keep things secret and protect Angie. They really wanted Angie to be able to recover and rest before they shared the story."After making a full recovery, Angelina recently opened up about her surgery in order to inspire other women.Meanwhile, 'World War Z' producer Jeremy Kleiner revealed the couple - who have ...
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Waiheke wins Travellers Choice award
Auckland's Waiheke Island has been ranked in the top 10 islands in the South Pacific, in the 2013 TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Destination awards, adding to a string of recent accolades. In the same TripAdvisor poll Auckland central was rated the second best destination in New Zealand. The annual awards - from the world's number one travel review website - honour top travel places ...
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$9m fraud family in dock
Eli Devoy. Photo / NZ Herald A Remuera businesswoman allegedly headed a $9.2 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved her siblings, friends and 11 Auckland properties. Eli Devoy, 44, - also known as Ellie Stone and Eli Ghorbani - was charged by the Serious Fraud Office yesterday with six other members of the Auckland Iranian community. According to the SFO, the defendants are ...
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Sister dies on hearing of judges death
The family of Supreme Court judge Sir Robert Chambers have suffered a second tragedy with the death of his sister - who was so shocked by the news she collapsed when told he had died. Barbara Mitchell learned of her brother's death on Wednesday morning in a phone call from their sister Sally. She managed to call out to her husband Mark as she fell to the ground. Barbara ...
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Kids play made too safe - expert
A misguided health and safety culture is threatening to render children's play meaningless, early childhood providers are to be warned. The United Kingdom-based founder of Outdoor Play and Learning (Opal), Michael Follett, says a "policy of fear" has reshaped play to the extent that children are losing out on vital learning. "You are taking away their ability to learn through ...
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Hundreds of kids in CYF abuse review
Child Youth and Family is reviewing the cases of more than 200 children thought to have been subjected to continued abuse and neglect despite repeated warnings to social workers. Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills said the children had been referred to CYF more than 20 times each and the notifications could include everything from serious violence to children repeatedly turning up to ...
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$16m budget for countrys four flashest apartments
A group of Aucklanders are building what could be the country's most expensive set of boutique apartments for themselves, worth about $4 million each. It is understood a consortium, led by a property developer, who want to live on the beach are heading the project on the four-unit, waterfront low-rise in Herne Bay - New Zealand's most expensive suburb. Three of the apartments are taken by ...
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Treated sewage could cover city land
Treated sewage waste could be dumped on land 20m from property boundaries under the draft Auckland Council Unitary Plan. Sections of the plan that have escaped public notice reveal that waste called biosolids which meets accepted standards could be dumped on or in land as a permitted activity. This means resource consent would not be needed and dumping could occur as of right, ...
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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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