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Bidding opens for oil exploration sites
video Bidding for permits to explore for oil and gas in eight blocks around New Zealand opens today. The Government has begun the tender to process to attract competing bids and take advantage of the country's oil and gas resources. Up for offer in the process is a total of 189,000 square kilometres of offshore area, divided into three blocks around the north and west coast of the ...
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Mystery buyer of Wellington homes vanishes
Agent suspended over false mortgage documents Homeowners who thought they had sold their houses have been left in the lurch after a buyer linked to an international company failed to stump up the money on settlement day. Contracts have been signed for a string of homes between Tawa and Pukerua Bay in recent weeks on behalf of Warior Group by its directors, Ross Miller and Chris Ryan, ...
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Christies mum disgusted by Bail Act amendment delay
Brian Marceau (L) and Tracey Marceau. Photo / Sarah Ivey The mother of slain teenager Christie Marceau has appealed to Justice Minister Judith Collins expressing disgust over the length of time it has taken to amend the Bail Act. Christie, 18, was killed in her North Shore home in November 2011 by a teenager who was on bail. Akshay Chand, then 18, was facing charges after kidnapping and ...
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Dominion chief gets prison sentence
Paul Cropp (left) and Robert Whale appeared together in the High Court in April. Photo / Brett Phibbs Two Dominion Finance bosses appeared in the High Court at Auckland yesterday, with one being sentenced to two years and seven months in prison and the other pleading guilty to misleading investors. Former Dominion chief executive Paul William Cropp, 50, was found guilty last month on four ...
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Mothers cop blame for mens poor cooking skills
Self-confessed poor cook Matt Williams admits he leaves it mostly to his wife. Photo / Richard Robinson Some men consider themselves whizzes in the kitchen but more than half the women quizzed in a survey rate their partners' cooking skills as basic at best. And they believe their mother-in-law is often to blame. The Tegel survey was carried out by advertising agency DraftFCB. More than ...
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Legal fraternity mourns outstanding judge
Justice Robert Chambers was known for his humour and charm. Photo / Supplied The legal fraternity will gather in Auckland next Monday to farewell Supreme Court judge Robert Chambers, who died suddenly in his sleep this week. Justice Chambers' funeral will be held at the Auckland Town Hall and is expected to be attended by a large number of fellow judges and lawyers. Justice Chambers, 59, ...
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Arise Sir Bob NZs proud first knight of lifesaving
Sir Bob Harvey was among 50 Kiwis honoured at Government House in Wellington yesterday. Photo / Mark Mitchell The "first knight of lifesaving" was among nearly 50 New Zealanders honoured in investiture ceremonies at Government House in Wellington yesterday. Sir Bob Harvey was dubbed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his 58 years with Surf Lifesaving New ...
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Humour helps says Sir Don
The top award went to Sir Don McKinnon. Photo / Greg Bowker A sense of humour is the key to ending civil war, negotiating military coups and being a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, says Sir Don McKinnon, who took top honours at the 2013 World Class New Zealand Awards last night. The former Deputy Prime Minister, Commonwealth Secretary-General and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister was among nine of ...
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Scientist Challenges will help NZ
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman. Photo / NZ Herald The Prime Minister's chief science adviser says a hitlist of 10 big issues for our top brains to tackle will be "transformational", despite criticism that they lack imagination. The Government's new National Science Challenges take aim at a range of areas, among them health issues stretching from early childhood to aged care, ...
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Dream software boosts power of DNA
The ESR technology has caught the attention of forensics experts in the United States. Photo / Dean Purcell The new software, called STRmix, has the ability to unscramble DNA found at crime scenes from up to four people - giving results that were previously not possible. It has already caught the attention of the United States Army, which sent a team of people to Auckland for a workshop at the ...
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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Tonga
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck near Tonga this morning. The quake occurred at 5.19am local time (4.19am NZT), 287km southwest of Nuku'alofa, at a depth of 171km, the US Geological Survey reported. Matangi Tonga Online reported the jolt "shook homes and rattled windows" in the capital, but no damage has been reported. No tsunami warning has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning ...
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New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori ruled out of second Test
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori during a nets session at Headingley, Leeds. In the end he was unable to guarantee his fitness. Photograph: Owen ...
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Teachers seek suppression review
The Teachers Council wants a major review to clarify name suppression for teachers who are hauled before its disciplinary tribunal because it feels that its approach of blanket name suppression is not working. The council's policy on teacher conduct and naming offenders has come under the spotlight after several cases involving sexual offences. A comprehensive review of the Teachers Council ...
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$42000 fine for online car scam
The director of an online car dealing company which placed thousands of bids on its own auctions didn't know the behaviour was illegal, his lawyer says. The Auto Co was yesterday fined $42,000 for 13 charges laid by the Commerce Commission under the Fair Trading Act. The company pleaded guilty to the charges - which related to "shill bidding" on $1 reserve Trade Me auctions over a year - at its ...
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Seven-year visa wait for parents
Applicants for residence under Immigration New Zealand's family parent category are being told they will have to wait up to seven years for their visas and their dependent children will be dropped from their application if they get married, have children or become financially independent during that that time. The parents are part of the capped family category, which has been allocated 14,850 to ...
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Council blocks extension of feedback time
The Auckland Council has voted against extending feedback on a new planning rulebook for the city, which has drawn thousands of people to public meetings and provoked a citywide reaction. Feedback on the rulebook - or Unitary Plan - closes next Friday. So far about 3000 responses have been received. Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse yesterday said the document was a "draft, draft plan" that would be ...
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Home-build lure for Asian migrants
Asian business migrants looking at moving to New Zealand are being urged to invest in real estate to secure their residency. Migration seminars are being conducted in nations such as Singapore and Malaysia aimed at people willing to put upwards of $1.5 million into new residential property developments. One seminar, held in Sabah, Malaysia, last weekend was advertised as "Invest in New Zealand: ...
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Rugby Maori All Blacks tour announced
The Maori All Blacks will play against Canada and the United States in a two-match North American tour announced by New Zealand Rugby and AIG today. The Maori All Blacks take 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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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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