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NZTA works impact on state highway link to Auckland airport
NZTA works impact on state highway link to Auckland airport The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers there will be day time work on Puhinui Road (State Highway 20B) starting on Monday (24 June), which will have an impact on travel to and from Auckland International Airport. Necessary improvements to highway drainage will be carried out over five consecutive days between 5am and 4pm ...
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Christchurch country’s first multi-lingual airport
Christchurch Airport is ensuring Asian visitors feel welcome through installing signage in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean - a first for any international airport in the country.Christchurch Airport chief executive Jim Boult says the new signs are part of on-going work to make the airport environment even friendlier for international visitors."As a leader in the tourism ...
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Kapiti-Mana Police seeking sightings of alleged arsonist
Kapiti-Mana Police want to locate 38-year-old Randall URE after a warrant was issued for his arrest for arson and burglary. Two weeks ago, a Doncaster Terrace residential property was set alight and Police believe URE is responsible. Police believe the man is living rough in his red 1990 Toyota Corona station wagon, registration OS4934, in the Porirua area. He is a disqualified driver and ...
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Council advises to leave out your wheelie bins
Council advises to leave out your wheelie bins Christchurch City Council is asking all residents in Christchurch to put their bins out as normal throughout the bad weather, as they will be collected by our contractors as soon as conditions allow.Tim Joyce, Contracts Manager for City Water and Waste Unit says, "We ask all residents to leave their bins out, as normal, and the Council ...
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Engagement underway with owners in Innovation Precinct
Engagement underway with owners in Innovation Precinct Input is being sought from property owners in the area of central Christchurch's new Innovation Precinct now the planning for the Precinct is underway. Letters have been sent to the owners of property in the area designated for the Precinct to update them on the process. The Innovation Precinct, bounded by Lichfield, Tuam, High, ...
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Irrigate Why not just farm smarter BayBuzz
In a front page story in the current NZ Farmers Weekly (17 June 2013), prominent farming economist/consultant Phil Journeaux comments on the vastly different productivity and profitability profiles of different farms, focusing on the dairying sector.Citing Ministry of Primary Industries data from 2011/12, he notes that the top 10% of farms were 65% more profitable than the average farm, ...
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Local Alcohol Policy – make a difference
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:56 pm Press Release: Hutt City Council HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE19 JUNE 2013 Local Alcohol Policy - make a difference!Hutt City Council is proposing to make a Hutt City Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) to give communities more of a say around the sale and supply of alcohol. Communities have until 4pm 1 July to submit their feedback.The Sale and Supply of ...
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Grow Rotorua’s Plan For Growth
19.06.13: Spa and wellness centres, manuka honey plantations and processed timber exports are among the long list of opportunities Grow Rotorua plans to explore to drive economic growth for the Rotorua district.Today [19 June] Grow Rotorua unveiled its plan to be a catalyst for growth, in its 2013/15 Statement of Intent, presented to the Rotorua District Council's Corporate and ...
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Reserve Bank eyes lack of payment system supervision
The Reserve Bank is looking at ways to bring regulatory oversight to the country's payment systems, in what is an otherwise sound financial system, the bank's head of prudential supervision Toby Fiennes says. The central bank sees the lack of regulatory oversight of New Zealand's payment and settlement systems as a problem, and what powers it does have "are blunt and ...
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Hanover crooks’ defamation trial adjourned
Former shareholders’ association chairman Bruce Sheppard wants to call 25 witnesses when he defends his allegedly defamatory allegation Hanover's Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson were "crooks" . But the defamation trial, due to start in August, is now unlikely to take place this year after Mr Sheppard was granted an adjournment at Auckland High Court today. His ...
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Mayor promises better Auckland public transport
Source: ONE News Auckland Mayor Len Brown is promising changes to the city's public transport system will allow people to get around more easily. Mayor Brown officially launched a public consultation on the new network of buses and trains today which proposes running fewer bus routes but with a greater frequency. "The changes we are proposing will transform Auckland's bus ...
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Skifields set for silver lining in winter storm clouds
The icy blast set to grip the country this week has snow lovers rubbing their hands in anticipation. Skifields across New Zealand are expecting fresh dumps of snow over the next few days, with some already reporting excellent conditions. A low with frosty Antarctic air is forecast to sweep the country and while MetService is warning of hazardous conditions in the South and North Island ...
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Pair to fight kidnap charges
Jovaan Graham's body was left outside a Matamata hospital. Photo / Supplied The pair accused of abducting and bashing a 32-year-old local man in the Kaimai Ranges plan to defend the allegations at trial. Thomas McDonald, 30, and Cheyanne McCausland, 23, both from Tauranga, faced charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping, injuring with intent to injure and unlawfully taking a ...
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Caregiver raises alarm after Levin man assaulted
File photo / NZ Herald A caregiver raised the alarm after finding a 53-year-old injured in a serious assault in his Levin home this morning. Police have launched an investigation while the man lies in a serious condition at Palmerston North Hospital. The caregiver found the man injured about 8.30am and phoned emergency services. "Early indications suggest the man has been ...
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Wild weather Tornado reported in Waikato
A tornado reportedly touched down in Waikato for about 10 minutes this afternoon, with a local farmer sending a photograph to forecaster WeatherWatch.co.nz. The picture was taken at Paterangi, just south of Hamilton. While tornadoes weren't in the forecast today, unstable and slow conditions had led to the funnel cloud and then short-lived tornado, head analyst Philip Duncan said. It was at the ...
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Woman knocked out after attack at rural property
A woman was knocked out after she disturbed two people on her Bay of Plenty property early today. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner said the woman was investigating noises inside her home on a rural property about 1am when she disturbed two offenders. She was assaulted and knocked unconscious. She was taken to Tauranga Hospital and treated for minor ...
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Animal limb found in cattle food shipment
The Ministry for Primary Industries will move to strengthen import processes after part of an animal limb was found in a shipment of cattle food from overseas. MPI would send a senior manager to Malaysia today and then to Indonesia to work with authorities there after reports from inspectors who visited palm kernel expeller (PKE) meal plants in those countries, said Andrew Coleman, MPI ...
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School rolls drop in Psa-afflicted area
A number of Te Puke school rolls have dropped as orchard workers struggle to find work in the Psa-afflicted area. Fairhaven School and Rangiuru School said their rolls had dropped in the past year because of the effect Psa had had on kiwifruit orchards. Fairhaven principal Paul Hunt said in March 2012, his roll was sitting at 388 but had dropped to 361 in March this year - a loss of 27 students. ...
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New Zealand man found dead outside Queensland house
A New Zealand man has been found dead outside a house in Clermont, Queensland this morning. An Australian police spokeswoman said the 40-year-old's death was not being treated as suspicious. It is believed the man slept outside the house in freezing conditions; however police could not confirm this. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the temperature in Clermont ...
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Hot New Invelox Technology Already Available In New Zealand
A revolutionary way of generating wind energy exciting global media and technology blogs is already in New Zealand says Reza Sehdehi, vice president of PacificWind.The Discovery Channel website, which gets 2-5 million views a day; Geek.com, which gets 1000-10,000 views a day and the technology blog Gizmodo, which gets 10,000-100,00 views a day are amongst the big-name blogs raving about a ...
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New mobile application lets Kiwis take home phones anywhere
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:51 pm Press Release: Orcon Internet June 19, 2013Orcon Genius Go Set To Revolutionise Home Phone UseNew mobile application enables Kiwis to take home phones anywhereKiwi callers can now take their home phones anywhere - and bring down the cost of national and international calling.Orcon today launches Genius Go, an innovative new smartphone application (app) ...
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Auckland Mayor in the Chair in Grey Lynn
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:28 pm Press Release: Auckland Transport 19 June 2013Mayor in the Chair in Grey LynnLen Brown will be setting up his chairs in the Grey Lynn Community Centre on Tuesday 25 June.From midday until 1pm, he is looking forward to locals from Grey Lynn and nearby areas dropping by for a quick chat about their aspirations and concerns for their community and wider ...
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Consultation on the New Public Transport Network kicks off
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:27 pm Press Release: Auckland Transport 19 June 2013Consultation on the New Public Transport Network kicks offThe way Aucklanders use public transport is about to change. Auckland Transport is moving to a simpler and more integrated public transport network for Auckland and the change is starting in the south.In Mangere today, Mayor Len Brown officially ...
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Tomorrow is World Refugee Day - are we doing our bit
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Police Seek Assistance with Tauranga Home Invasion
Tauranga Police are seeking the assistance of members of the public in relation to a home invasion at a rural property in Wairoa Road, Tauranga, which was reported to Police at approximately 1.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 June 2013.Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner stated that a female investigating noises within her dwelling on the rural property disturbed two offenders and that she was ...
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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