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Fat NZ Health crisis looming - experts
New Zealand adults are on average the second heaviest among 50 countries, a health list reveals - prompting warnings of a looming medical crisis for some Kiwis. The average Kiwi was estimated to weigh 81.3kg last year, lighter only than the average American, who weighed 82.7kg. The weight list was compiled by the Bloomberg news service using data from the World Health Organisation, the OECD and ...
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Jump forecast in Kiwi gambling
New Zealanders are forecast to spend more on Lotto, casinos, racing and sports betting in the next three years. A three-year problem gambling strategy, released by the Health Ministry yesterday, forecasts that spending on Lotto and other NZ Lotteries games will grow by 8 per cent between last year and 2016. It says the continuing strong growth is because of bigger jackpots in the past few years. ...
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Kiwi heavyweight chases big time
A hill at the Tahaki Reserve in Mt Eden has 70 large steps that Mark Hunt ran up more times than he would like to remember in April. During a gruelling circuit session with an eclectic group that includes amateur mixed martial arts fighters, a stunt co-ordinator and a body double, Hunt is just one of the boys being put to the sword by conditioning trainer Alex Flint. "Pain is weakness leaving ...
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Tiny town Kiwis in Tinseltown
It was a case of the girl from Moerewa greeting the boy from Kawakawa last night when New Zealand actress Rena Owen met up again with her friend Mike Moore, New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, on a lot at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood. Both are from tiny Northland towns about 5km apart. Mr Moore was in the movie capital to host an informal reception to focus on Kiwis in the film ...
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Operator of popular beach holiday spot wins reprieve
The Takapuna Beach Holiday Park, which has been running on a month-to-month basis since its lease expired in March, is allowed to take bookings for this summer and possibly longer. The future of the 80-year-old waterfront camping ground looked grim last week when it was shut out of a spot in the future reserve plans by its landlord, Auckland Council. Operator Marius Rothmann was shocked to learn ...
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Lush autumn pastures bring smiles all round
The rain is here and the grass is growing but some farmers will still be battling the effects of the worst drought in 30 years over the winter months. The North Island is officially still a drought zone despite most places recording normal soil moisture levels and lush and growing pastures. The Ministry for Primary Industries said the drought declaration would remain in place until September 30 ...
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First trade scholars graduate
Hundreds of trades scholarships offered last year to help in the Christchurch rebuild are starting to pay off as the first round of students graduate this week. Up to 300 scholarships were offered to members of the Pacific community under the Pacific Trades Training initiative, launched in several polytechs around the country early last year. Students receive $4000 towards their study in courses ...
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Kiwi tumbles as US$ climbs
Fears that the New Zealand dollar would continue its upward spiral were put to rest yesterday when comments from the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke revived optimism about the US economy, sending the greenback higher and the Kiwi sharply lower. Statements from the Federal Reserve yesterday were at first perceived as being bearish for the greenback, which meant the kiwi spiked higher to ...
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Donors help victims of ransacking
Donations have started coming in for a Hamilton family whose house was burgled and trashed by a group of children. Hamilton City councillor Angela O'Leary has started a donation drive on her Facebook page to help Candy Atkinson and her children, whose Melville home was ransacked by the youngsters last week in what police have described as "the worst burglary in a decade". The Herald understands ...
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Vettori ruled out NZ bank on pace
Daniel Vettori ruled out of the second Test, Brendon McCullum will now have to trust in pace at Headingley, one of the most capricious grounds in England. Even he's not sure how it will pan out. Vettori's lack of fitness, after six weeks on the sidelines at the IPL, is perhaps unsurprising but, having elected not to call up Jeetan Patel, in the country and bowling fruitfully for ...
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CBE chief superintendent’s $15000 trip to New Zealand comes under scrutiny
CBE chief superintendent Naomi Johnson racked up $1,110.92 in international data roaming charges on her tablet while on a taxpayer-paid trip to New ...
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Council Seeks Evidence to Support Urban Intensification
Friday, 24 May 2013, 12:13 am Press Release: Dick Quax MEDIA RELEASECouncillor Dick Quax - Howick WardThursday, 23 May 2013Auckland Council Seeks Evidence to Support Urban Intensification Councillor Dick Quax describes as unbelievable that the Auckland Council is finally seeking empirical evidence that the compact city being prompted by Mayor Len Brown is better model in terms of ...
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Police seek information on Christchurch bar brawl
Police are appealing for information about a street brawl outside a Christchurch bar that has hospitalised one man. Police attended the fight, outside Robbies Bar on Norman Rd about 7.45pm after reports up to four people were fighting on the street. "A 29 year old man received serious head injuries, he is currently in a stable condition at Christchurch Hospital," a police statement said. "One ...
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Sir Don McKinnon wins World Class New Zealand Award
Source: ONE News New Zealand's longest serving Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister has won the supreme award at the Kea World Class New Zealand Awards. Sir Don McKinnon, who has also been the Commonwealth Secretary General, received his award at a gala dinner in Auckland. "It's always good to get something from your own country where your own peers and own country are judging ...
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Innovations Centre brings to life Kiwi can-do attitude
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:19 pm Press Release: National Fieldays DATE - 23 May 2013 Fieldays Innovations Centre brings to life Kiwi can-do attitude. The Fieldays Innovation Centre Competition is the perfect forum for inventors to introduce their primary industry themed, 'homegrown' designs to a local and global audience. By creating an opportunity for inventors to showcase ...
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Vote for runway resource consent positive news
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:13 pm Press Release: Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce Media Release23 May 2013Vote for runway resource consent positive newsThe news that Wellington City Council is to vote to put $1 million towards the cost of resource consent to extend the airport runway is positive, says Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Raewyn ...
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Hutt Valley Police cordon off Wainuiomata address
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:11 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Hutt Valley Police cordon off Wainuiomata addressAt around 3.30pm today Police were informed that a 16-year-old male was planning to take what was believed to be a .22 calibre rifle and threaten a local Wainuiomata resident.Police established a cordon around a Coniston Street address and the 16-year-old male was arrested ...
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Maori ABs going to North America
The Maori All Blacks will play against Canada and the United States in a two-match North American tour this November, it was announced on Thursday. The team takes on Canada in Toronto on 3 November and the USA Eagles in Philadelphia on 9 November.New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive Steve Tew said the matches represented an exciting opportunity to take a special New Zealand team to North ...
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NZ running low on chickenpox vaccines
File photo / Natalie Slade New Zealand is running low on chickenpox vaccines as more parents seek to have their children immunised and as winter approaches. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced it is out of stock of its Varilrix vaccine and is getting an emergency shipment from Belgium. It hopes it will be back in stock within a fortnight. GSK New Zealand ...
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Henry to face misconduct hearing
SANZAR has brought a misconduct complaint against Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry for comments made against match officials after his side's recent loss to the Crusaders. Henry criticised the match officials at press conference on TVNZ News. His comments were subsequently widely reported through other media outlets and online.The Blues suffered a 23-3 loss and the former All ...
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Encouraging trend in ITM Cup
Player payments as calculated under the salary cap across the 14 ITM Cup Provincial Unions fell NZ$1.1 million in 2012, New Zealand Rugby has stated. Salary cap payments totalled $12.8 million; $3.5 million lower than the maximum permitted.This was also eight per cent lower than the $13.9 million calculated in 2011 and 13 per cent lower than 2010 ($14.7 million).All 14 Provincial Unions kept ...
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Farmers relieved as Chinese meat embargo ends
Officials scramble to lift block on NZ meat in China Federated Farmers says it is hugely relieved meat exports will be allowed back into China after an administrative error led to shipments being left at the border. Meat exports have been blocked from entering the country since the end of April, and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) made resolving the issue its "number one ...
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Conservationists lament Denniston mining decision
As the mining community celebrates, conservationists are fuming over the Government's decision to give the go ahead to an open cast mine on the West Coast. Conservation Minister Nick Smith confirmed this afternoon that Bathurst Resources has been given consent under the Crown Minerals Act to dig an open-cast mine on 106 hectares of the 2026 hectares that comprise the Denniston Plateau. ...
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One-punch killer loses sentence appeal
Billy Dawson died after being punched near Spy Bar in Auckland. Photo / Supplied A man who killed a Sky TV video editor with a single punch outside an Auckland bar has lost his bid for a lighter sentence. Kit John Murray was sentenced in the High Court to five years in prison in October last year for the manslaughter of Billy Dawson during the Rugby World Cup final in 2011. Murray ...
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Strip club wins Topless Tce charity auction
Photo / TradeMe The new home of a boob on a Wellington street sign is no stranger to boobs of a different sort. Strip club Calendar Girls today won a charity auction for the misspelled 'Topless Tce' sign, which turned heads on Thorndon's Torless Terrace when it was erected earlier this month. Wellington City Council, which said the sign's misspelling was a genuine mistake ...
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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