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Aucklanders should be given a choice
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:43 am Press Release: Bayleys Media Release 22.5.2013Residential property developer says Aucklanders should be given a choice about where to ...
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Vodafone NZ loses mobile customers for 9th straight quarter
Vodafone New Zealand, which bought phone company TelstraClear for $840 million last year, lost a net 7000 mobile customers in the first three months of the year, its ninth straight quarterly decline. Auckland-based Vodafone had 2.307 million mobile customers as at March 31 from 2.314 million three months earlier, according to its London Stock Exchange-listed parent company's annual ...
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Thunderstorms hail and high winds expected
Thunderstorms, hail and high winds are expected in Auckland, Northland and parts of Coromandel Peninsular this afternoon. MetService said there was also a small risk of tornadoes or waterspouts forming. The thunderstorms may be severe, with wind gusts exceeding 110km/h and hail larger than 20mm. The storms were expected to move onto Northland and western suburbs of ...
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Russia blocked Kiwi apples at port
Officials scramble to lift block on NZ meat in China A shipment of New Zealand apples was held up by Russian authorities in March because of export certification issues, it was revealed yesterday - a day after officials denied anyone but China had raised concerns. It emerged last week that Chinese officials were blocking New Zealand beef and sheep meat from entering the country, apparently ...
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Well-regarded lawyer convicted over cashies
Source: Photos.com A lawyer with a bright future has lost a bid to avoid conviction and have his name suppressed for stealing clients' payments from his employer. In convicting Leonard Hemi in the Napier District Court yesterday, Judge Thomas Everitt said the 40-year-old Gisborne lawyer's offending was "so grave" that it was unreasonable to find the consequences of a ...
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Man accused of killing flatmate was legally insane - defence
video An Auckland man charged with murdering his flatmate will undergo a second assessment after his defence presented a report saying he was legally insane at the time of the killing. Geoffrey Tampin appeared at the High Court in Auckland today charged with murdering Dean Clark on June 27, 2012. Tampin has not entered a plea. At an earlier court appearance in June, Tampin's lawyer ...
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Record-breaking glory on Mt Everest
Climbers Dean Staples (left), of Lake Hawea, and Mark Woodward, of Queenstown, celebrating a joint fifth ascent of Mt Everest from the summit in 2007. Photo / Supplied Lake Hawea climber Dean Staples' hold on the record for the most ascents of Mt Everest by a New Zealander is expected to last just two days, before Queenstown climber Mark Woodward matches the feat. Mr Staples, 49, reached ...
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Parata to announce interim decision on Chch Schools
Education Minister Hekia Parata is to announce an interim decision on Aranui Schools in Christchurch this afternoon. The Ministry has proposed to merge five schools, Aranui High School, Chisnallwood Intermediate, Wainoni Primary, Aranui Primary and Avondale Primary, into a single school on a new campus, catering for students from year one to 13. The schools have made submissions on the proposal, ...
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Road closure near Homer Tunnel
A section of the Milford Rd will be closed from tomorrow for up to two weeks to allow the New Zealand Transport Agency to carry out emergency safety work to remove 2000 tonnes of rock at risk of falling. NZTA Southland area manager Peter Robinson said the work was focused on an area known as Moir's Mate Diamond Face, above the western entrance to the Homer Tunnel. Part of that feature ...
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Te Hamua Nikora gets a big smile from MANA in Ikaroa Rawhiti
Wednesday 22nd May 2013 "Te Hamua's got a huge profile and he's got a great sense of humour - which you gotta have in this business" said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira with a smile when asked about Te Hamua Nikora being confirmed as MANA's candidate in the upcoming Ikaroa Rawhiti by-election."And he's got so many Facebook friends ...
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Response to Auditor General’s Conclusions
Transparent Hawke's Bay (THB) has received the Auditor General's conclusion to a complaint it made regarding inadequate public consultation on the proposal to pursue the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme."While disappointing at one level, wearevery pleased that, as a result ofour actions,serious concerns aroundthe lack of transparency and adequate information on the economic ...
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Xbox Ones take over your living room strategy harder in NZ
Microsoft previewed the Xbox One this morning NZ time, at a Seattle event. The new console will be on the market at an un-named time later this year (setting the stage for Christmas showdown with Sony's coming next-generation PlayStation). No price was mentioned. Fans who tumbled out of bed at 5am to watch the webcast seemed impressed by the gaming tech specs. You'll be able ...
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REVIEW Smashing glass memories
From the deep south His mother, originally a debutante from the deep south who fell for the charms of a postal worker who has long since abandoned her, lives in poverty and struggles to find a normal life for her shy and crippled daughter and worries that her son is not trying to advance himself. He, on the other hand, is increasingly determined to run away, like his father, driven by her ...
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Expert calls NSW immunisation law over the top
Plea to provide free chicken pox, rotovirus vaccines Childcare centres in New South Wales are looking to ban children who are not immunised, but experts here say such a move would impose on a parent's right to freedom of choice. Australian Opposition Leader John Robertson said yesterday that he is working on an amendment to the Public Health Act, which would allow preschools and care ...
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John Armstrong Tepid float frustrating for Nationals plans
The Whakamaru Dam, which is one of the hydro dams located on the Waikato River owned by Mighty River Power. Photo / Alan Gibson The partial float of Mighty River Power is starting to show symptoms of becoming a Mighty Big Headache for National. And there is not a lot the governing party can do about it. Early trading in the electricity generating company's shares saw the stock make ...
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Audrey Young Kerry Ill be back to NZ
Secretary of State John Kerry. Photo / AP It's usually the Terminator who says "I'll be back", but yesterday it was US Secretary of State John Kerry, a sign-off statement to reporters as he headed into bilateral talks. When he said "I'll be back" he was meaning "to New Zealand". He made his first visit to Wellington in 1968, aged 25, for ...
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Brian Rudman Law protecting Government not disabled
Equally concerning is the context in which the Government decided it was permissible to ride roughshod through the Bill of Rights, says Rudman. Photo / Mark Mitchell For much of the last century, we used to bask in the title of social laboratory of the world. New Zealand was mentioned in the same breath as the Scandinavian countries as pioneers in working collectively to care for each ...
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Andrew Geddis We owe it to ourselves to be outraged
So in 2010, some family caregivers went to the Human Rights Review Tribunal and challenged this policy on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminated on the basis of family status, which breaches the caregivers' rights under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. They won, and then won again in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Finally, the Government gave up and recognised it was ...
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Kiwis lose confidence in safety of private information
Most New Zealanders have lost confidence that government departments, financial institutions and telecommunications companies can keep their private information safe, according to a recent survey. The Unisys Security Index survey has found three quarters of the 505 respondents were concerned about an accidental or deliberate data breach of information held by banks or credit card companies, and ...
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More jobs at risk as Fairfax continues to restructure
Fairfax Media is preparing to cut costs – and staff – again as it undergoes a wide-ranging restructure across several departments. A review has begun of editorial, sales, operational, pre-press departments and the contact centre. Fairfax NZ has around 1800 employees, including about 800 editorial staff. Fairfax NZ acting general manager Andrew Boyle says cost cutting began last ...
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Kiwi weakens ahead of Federal Reserve chairmans testimony
The New Zealand dollar weakened against its US counterpart amid speculation growth in the world's largest economy may spur the Federal Reserve to reduce stimulus, known as quantitative easing. The kiwi fell to 81.56 US cents from 81.82 cents at 5pm yesterday. The trade-weighted index was little changed at 77.15 from 77.10 yesterday. Investors are looking to Federal Reserve chairman ...
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Kiwi weakens on US stimulus expectations
THE New Zealand dollar weakened against its US counterpart amid speculation growth in the world's largest economy may spur the Federal Reserve to reduce stimulus, known as quantitative easing. The kiwi fell to US81.56 cents on Wednesday morning from US81.82c on Tuesday afternoon. The trade-weighted index was little changed at 77.15 from 77.10. Investors are looking to Federal Reserve ...
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Zoo auctions off chance to name worlds biggest spider
If you want to name the world's biggest spider you better get in fast. Wellington Zoo has put a new listing on Trade Me, giving bidders the opportunity to name their newest arrival - a Goliath birdeater tarantula. The arachnid is normally found in the rainforests of South America but is now calling Wellington home as part of the zoo's aim to establish a population here in New ...
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Black Sticks lose mens series to Korea
Korea have sealed a series victory over New Zealand with one Test to play after winning the fifth men's hockey Test 1-0 in Auckland.Korea picked up their third win from five games courtesy of a goal in the second minute to Nam Young Lee.New Zealand, who have yet to win a Test, bounced back to produce some of their best hockey of the series according to coach Colin Batch but couldn't ...
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Trial opens for Kiwi accused of Canadian murder
An ex pat New Zealander accused of murdering his wife has gone on trial in Canada. Former Napier city councillor Peter Beckett, 56, is standing trial at Salmon Arm Provincial Court for the murder of his wife Laura Letts-Beckett by allegedly pushing her off a fishing boat in 2010. The trial opened today in Canada [Tuesday local time] and is set down for five days. Mrs Letts-Beckett, 50, died two ...
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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