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Iwi want Rena wreck gone
The two complaints, lodged on behalf of several Bay of Plenty groups and individuals, centre on an order by the Government for the ship's owners to remove the vessel from Astrolabe Reef off the Tauranga coast, where it ran aground in October 2011. Maritime New Zealand issued the order hours after the grounding, and an agency spokesman yesterday confirmed that it remains in force. In light of ...
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High-rise hot topic behind closed doors
The Auckland Council is getting into detail behind closed doors on the hot button subject of high-rise buildings before councillors have seen feedback on the Unitary Plan, says councillor Mike Lee. Councillors and local board members met yesterday to discuss the heights in town centres - their first grab at the 22,700 pieces of feedback to the draft plan. After the workshop, Deputy Mayor Penny ...
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Tight budgets threaten health jobs
Auckland health workers face the prospect of job losses as district health boards grapple with a tightening supply of money from the Government. Leaders of the Waitemata and Auckland District Health Boards are openly talking of the possibility of cutting jobs, although not as their main way of making Government funding stretch to cover growing demand for health services. Waitemata's increase in ...
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Officials wary over snapper plans
Sensitivity over new management options for the country's biggest snapper fishery is prompting deep thought within the Ministry for Primary Industries. Draft proposals for managing stocks in Snapper 1 and a number of other fisheries from October 1 were due for consultation at the beginning of this week but may now be 10 days away. Ministry for Primary Industries inshore manager Andrew Doube ...
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Inquest to investigate Ohope landslip death
A family member of a teenager killed in a Bay of Plenty landslip following torrential rain believes his death could have been prevented if authorities had ordered evacuations. John Sim, whose great-granddaughter never got to meet her father, Hugh Biddle, shared his frustrations ahead of an inquest today into the 17-year-old's death in Ohope on June 18, 2011. It had been raining heavily that ...
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Cosgrove tipped to contest byelection
Lianne Dalziel's looming resignation to contest the Christchurch mayoralty has sparked speculation Labour will stand list MP Clayton Cosgrove in the byelection for the seat, opening the way for Northlander Kelvin Davis to return to Parliament. Ms Dalziel confirmed she would stand against Mayor Bob Parker in the local body elections in October and would resign as an MP before then. She said she ...
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Ask Phoebe Bus lane solution in the works
When approaching Market Place from Fanshawe St coming off the bridge, the bus lane ends and there is a "left lane, left turn into Market Place only" sign. Immediately after the junction the bus lane picks up again. Can buses go straight on from the left lane (which seems sensible)? Drivers seem split about 50/50 on the issue, judging by their behaviour. Quentin Bennett, ...
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Lone voice against steroid scourge
Every day Don Hooton fires up his computer in McKinney, Texas, and searches Google for stories about the impact of steroids on young lives. This week, what Don found stopped him cold. In 2003 Don's son, Taylor, took his own life in circumstances that almost exactly mirrored the suicide four years earlier of Invercargill 20-year-old Kris McKenzie, whose tragic story was documented in Monday's ...
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Approval for DNA splicing triggers legal action based on GM fears
The agency charged with protecting New Zealand's environment has approved the use of a new technique for creating "mutant" genes outside the laboratory because it doesn't fit a legal definition of genetic modification. The technique would see scientists free to splice DNA - deleting or inserting new parts and changing the way it works - without having to work inside the laws governing genetic ...
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Drug case cops warned Olympian
An Olympic athlete was given a formal warning by police investigating an international drug ring but New Zealand sports officials had no choice but to select him when charges were not laid. Logan Campbell represented New Zealand at the Beijing and London Olympics in the martial art of taekwondo, but is best known for owning a brothel to finance his sporting goals. He sold the escort agency after ...
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New Zealand law permits low risk designer drugs
Stoners, pill-poppers and drug regulators everywhere: turn your eyes to New Zealand. The country looks set to adopt new laws permitting the limited sale of some designer drugs for recreational purposes. The legislation is the first in the world to regulate new recreational drugs based on scientific evidence of their risk of ...
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All Blacks reclaim Bledisloe Cup from Wallabies
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) -- Australia lost the Bledisloe Cup Saturday at Eden Park but it won back pride after a demoralizing thrashing by the All Blacks in Sydney last month -- and the knowledge it can compete with New Zealand at the World Cup. Doug Howlett scored two tries as New Zealand capped an unbeaten Tri-Nations campaign with a tough 21-17 win over Australia and regained the Bledisloe ...
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Struggling Lomu left out by Wellington
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Jonah Lomu's struggle to revive his rugby career while suffering chronic kidney disease stalled Thursday when Wellington left him off the team for the first round of the National Championship. The All Blacks wing, undergoing dialysis three times a week while awaiting a kidney transplant, was unable to train in the leadup to Saturday's match against ...
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Rugby All Blacks unchanged for Wallabies clash
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Eddie Jones' Wallabies will face the identical All Black team that beat them 50-21 in Sydney three weeks ago in the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup rugby union test at Auckland on Saturday. Jones' New Zealand opposite John Mitchell Wednesday named the run-on 15 which trounced Australia by a record score at Stadium Australia for a match that marks the ...
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Chinas top political advisor starts official good-will visit to New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin arrived in Christchurch of southern New Zealand Sunday morning for a 4-day official good-will visit, at the invitation of the government of New Zealand.This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. The bilateral relations achieved ...
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Danger on roads as snow hits the South Island
The big chill's on its way (4:07) About 20 cars became stuck tonight on State Highway 6 in Southland tonight and six others slid off the road as the big freeze hit the South Island. Senior Sergeant Dave Raynes told ONE News that police have closed SH 6 from Queenstown to Lumsden and from Mossburn to Five Rivers at 6pm tonight due to heavy snow and freezing conditions. Snow has already ...
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Driver was preparing to eat spaghetti before fatal crash - coroner
Two killed in Marlborough crash Preparing to eat a snack of spaghetti while driving is believed to have cost two young tourists their lives after they were involved in a car crash en route to Nelson last year. The Coroner has released his findings into the deaths of German tourist Onur Gulmez and French visitor Paul Joubert, 23. The pair had travelled to New Zealand independently and met in ...
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Four men arrested after serious North Shore assault
Source: ONE News Four men have now been arrested over a serious assault on Auckland's North Shore which left one man half blind and another with a deep cut to his head. The incident happened on May 3 at the Deep Creek Brewing Company in Browns Bay. In the assault one of the victims lost the sight in one of his eyes while the other received a deep laceration to his scalp. Two men were ...
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Reports eerie tornado near Hamilton
Source: Kristin Kavanagh There have been reports of a small tornado in Paterangi, just south of Hamilton. Brett Richards from Pirongia in Waikato told ONE News he saw a dark cloud coming from the Hamilton side of Pirongia this afternoon. "I wandered to the top of the hill and was amazed to see this tornado forming around 1.5k from where we were. It was very eerie," he said. Mr ...
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Cancer victims firewood stolen
Jacob (4), Tori and Benjamin (6) Foster had all their firewood stolen while on holiday in Fiji. Photo / Joel Ford An Ohauiti family with a dying father will have to suffer through winter after their whole supply of firewood was stolen. The Bay of Plenty Times spoke to the Foster family only hours after they returned from a trip to Fiji and discovered their whole supply of firewood, more than 3 ...
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Woman posted wrong patients medical records
The West Coast DHB has apologised after two pages of a woman's medical file were sent to the wrong patient. Photo / Thinkstock The West Coast District Health Board has apologised after it posted two pages of a woman's private medical records to the wrong person. The papers were mistakenly sent to Ashburton woman Jen Branje, who was living in Westport when she had surgery at ...
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Two death row dogs on the loose
The door to the Greymouth dog pound was missing after the facility was broken into. Photo / Greymouth Star The owner of the second dog busted out of the Greymouth pound in a mysterious overnight raid on Monday is heartbroken that her beloved pet is now missing. Candice Blackman's german shepherd Ben had been on death row for almost five months awaiting a court hearing, after biting a ...
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Nun admits breaking childs arm
Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono leaving the courthouse. Photo / Brett Phibbs A nun has admitted breaking the arm of a 9-year-old at Sunday School after the girl failed to get an action song right. Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono - known as Sister Leva - yelled at the girl, flicked her in the head and broke the girl's arm when she twisted it behind her back. She is seeking forgiveness from the family and ...
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DHB slammed for letting mental health patient decline procedure
A decision to allow a mental health patient to decline a potentially life-saving procedure has been slammed by a coroner. Wellington Regional Coroner Ian Roderick Smith criticised Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) in three inquest findings released today. He said 61-year-old Melvyn Bedford, who had an alcohol-induced dementia disorder, should never been given the choice of having a ...
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Heights discussed at first Unitary Plan workshop
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 6:28 pm Press Release: Auckland Council 19 June 2013 Heights discussed at first Unitary Plan workshop Today elected members of Auckland Council attended the first post-engagement workshop following feedback on the draft Unitary Plan.Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse said the workshop brought together Local Board Chairs and the Auckland Plan Committee members to talk ...
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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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