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Ton-up Root puts England on top against Kiwis
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) - Joe Root's maiden Test century, on his Yorkshire home ground, left England well-placed in the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday.England were 337 for seven at stumps on the second day after Root made 104, having come in with England in trouble on 67 for three following Friday's first day wash-out.Together with Yorkshire ...
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Christchurch rebuild more certain than Australian Dream
May 26, 2013New Zealanders are realising the Australian dream is not so perfect after all with work harder to find and less lucrative, a University of Canterbury (UC) management researcher says.The number of New Zealanders heading to Australia has slowed to its smallest monthly pace in almost three years, as New Zealand's economic prospects begin to look better.Seasonally adjusted, ...
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Three Lotto Players Beat the Winter Blues
Three Lotto players in Rotorua, Wellington and Motueka can beat the winter blues this weekend after each winning $333,333 with Lotto's First Division.The winning tickets were sold at Te Ngae Hardware and Lotto in Rotorua, MyLotto in Wellington and Paper Plus in Motueka.Powerball was not struck this evening and has jackpotted to $7.5 million.Strike has jackpotted tonight and will be ...
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BOP Police seek witnesses to woman in boot case
Bay of Plenty Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding critical injuries received by a 37 year old Rotorua woman on State highway 1 at Lichfield between Tokoroa and Putaruru South Waikato on Saturday 25 May 2013. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg TURNER stated that witnesses have described the woman falling from the boot of a dark coloured Subaru sedan and being dragged for a ...
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Aggravated robbery - offenders apprehended
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Fatal shed fire investigated
West Coast Police and the Fire Service are investigating the cause of a fire in a shed at Kaniere, south of Hokitika overnight. Police have confirmed one person died in the fire. The body is yet to be recovered and formally identified. The fire broke out about 4.20am today. At this stage no further information on the cause of the fire or the name of the deceased is available. ...
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Serious Assault – State Highway 1 Tokoroa
At about 1:45pm Saturday, Police responded to a serious assault on State Highway 1, near Kincloch Road, Tokoroa. The female victim was airlifted to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries. The Serious Crash Unit and CIB are in attendance. Diversions are in place on State Highway 1, Tokoroa at the following locations. (North of the Scene) Kincloch Road & SH1. (South of the Scene) ...
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FLASHBACK David Karps 2009 NBR interview
Yahoo has been hailed in some quarters for buying Yahoo for buying Tumblr, a photo-heavy blogging service, for $US1.1 billion. The thinking is the buy will help struggling Yahoo reach younger, hipper users. The deal netted co-founder and CEO David Karp, 26, around $US209 million cash (the balance of the company was owned by various venture capital funds). Karp certainly weighed in with ...
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Greens select child abuse campaigner for Ikaroa-Rawhiti
The Green Party has selected former Human Rights Commission adviser Marama Davidson as its candidate for Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election. Mother of six Ms Davidson is currently working for the Owen Glenn Inquiry into family violence and child abuse. "I am standing for Ikaroa-Rawhiti to continue my kaupapa Maori passion for social justice and protecting our environment," Ms Davidson said in a ...
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Perilous ridge-top rescue for trapped man
A worker who fell down a Bay of Plenty landslide site had to be rescued from a ridge 50m high above a highway amid atrocious weather conditions last night. The man had been in a two-man team surveying the site of a landslide in the Waioeka Gorge near Sandy Creek yesterday afternoon when he slipped and fell, injuring his shoulder and left unable to walk. Police, fire, ambulance and search and ...
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Three more arrests over soldier hacked to death
Murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Photo/AP Three men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street by two Islamists. Two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in southeast London while a 21-year-old man was arrested in the street around 1.5 kilometres from the murder scene, Scotland Yard police ...
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Four arrests after armed robbery pursuit
Photo/File Four people have been arrested after an armed robbery at a South Auckland pub last night. Police were called to the Whitehouse Tavern in Rosehill after the robbery about 11pm. The offenders fled in a stolen vehicle but were spotted by police staff who were en route to the robbery. Police gave chase but the pursuit was abandoned. The stolen vehicle was found ...
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Kiwi Schmidt leaves Leinster on a high
New Zealander Joe Schmidt ended three successful years with Irish club Leinster on a high by winning the Celtic League final 24-18 over Ulster.The Dublin triumph followed victory in the second-tier European Challenge Cup final two weeks ago for Schmidt, who will leave to take up the reins as Ireland national coach.Schimdt led Leinster to two European Cup titles in his first two seasons in ...
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Four arrested after Auckland pub robbery
Four people have been arrested following the overnight armed robbery of an Auckland pub.The group held up the Whitehouse Tavern in the South Auckland suburb of Rosehill about 11pm on Saturday, police say.Officers en route to the scene saw the four leaving in a stolen vehicle and a pursuit ensued, but it was quickly abandoned.The vehicle was found a short time later and two people were arrested ...
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State schools review religious classes
Source: Photos.com God has been pulled from the classrooms of dozens of state schools in the past two years, as experts call for children to be taught about a wider range of faiths and values. More than 50 state schools have cancelled Bible-based education in school hours since 2011, with a lack of teaching volunteers and decline in parental support cited as the main reasons. Rationalist David ...
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England grateful to Joe Root and Jonnie Bairstow against New Zealand
England's Jonny Bairstow, left, and Joe Root run between the wickets during the second Test match against New Zealand at Headingley. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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Arrests following armed robbery in Auckland
Source: ONE News Four people have been arested after an armed robbery in south Auckland overnight. Police heading to the scene of the robberyat the Whitehouse Tavern in Rosehill saw four people leaving in a vehicle which they then pursued. The pursuit was abandoned but the stolen vehicle was located soon afterwards and two offenders were taken into custody with the assistance of dog handlers. ...
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Restaurant extinguishers not ready for fire
Photogallery: Fire in Queenstown Restaurant staff were unable to contain a devastating Queenstown fire because extinguishers hadn't been recharged after a fire a few days earlier. Southern region fire safety officer Stuart Ide said Fat Badgers pizza restaurant staff used extinguishers from the restaurant and upstairs bar The World Bar a few days earlier when a fire started in a pizza ...
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Sir Eds diary tells of Mt Everest conquest
Hillary and Tenzing. Photo / The George Lowe Collection On this day 60 years ago, a strapping mountaineer from Auckland wrote in his diary: "George, Greg, Tenzing and I plus eight Sherpas (five to South Col and three Ridge men - Ang Nima, Pemba and Ang Pemba) set off for South Col." The simple entry from Ed Hillary, then 33, was the build-up to the conquering of Everest three days ...
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New waka jumping law proposed
Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman said the proposed law change was 'pretty much common sense'. Photo / NZPA National Party members are pushing for a new "waka-jumping" law to force rogue list MPs out of Parliament. Delegates at the party's northern regional convention yesterday voted to ask the Government for the law. Former NZ First MP Brendan Horan is the only MP who ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Photo / Supplied Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch ...
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Smoking used to reward patients
Patients at Waitemata DHB can smoke outside. Photo / Brett Phibbs Patients in closed mental health wards at Waitemata District Health Board are allowed out for cigarettes as a reward for good behaviour, a patient alleges. A woman who has been a frequent patient at open and closed wards made the claims in a court affidavit submitted to a judicial review in the High Court at Auckland. The review ...
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Scam Watch - May 26
Photo / Thinkstock • The Department of Internal Affairs has only had one new email scam reported this week, from "Peter Stevenson". He writes that he is in Indonesia on business. He tells the recipient to contact his secretary, "Wright. William", and ask for US$920,000 that is being held as recognition for "past efforts". He hints that a previous attempt to ...
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Watson and Hotchin go after $7m
Eric Watson. Photo / NZPA Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin are seeking $7 million plus costs from a man who criticised them after the collapse of Hanover Finance. Bearing the brunt of the multi-million dollar claim is former Shareholders Association boss Bruce Sheppard. The amount is revealed in a statement of claim setting out the businessmen's case against Sheppard in a High ...
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Yachting Rules lift Team NZ
America's Cup challenger Artemis may be at a huge disadvantage, even if they get to the start line of the Louis Vuitton regatta. There are still rumblings in America's Cup circles that Artemis will not compete after the tragic death of Andrew Simpson in that fateful capsize in San Francisco Bay. Some say that team management is keen to continue; the sailing crew less so. Another ...
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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