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QUAKE day 4: Death toll tops 100
NewsWire reporters monitor media coverage of the Christchurch earthquake emergency. NICOLE BENNIK edited their work: To recap 4:30pm: The Crusaders’ first two home games of the Super Rugby season will...
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Twitter users worldwide have been turning to the social media site to form a global community during the Christchurch earthquake disaster. Increasingly media outlets were releasing their upcoming...
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Selwyn catering for influx from Christchurch
LOOKING AHEAD: Selwyn District Council building, where planners are working on catering for the influx of people. AN OPPORTUNITY for Christchurch people to get “more bang for the buck” in Selwyn has...
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Voting process confusing for remote voters
IS NEW ZEALAND’S most remote polling place also its most disaffected? Situated 800km east of New Zealand, the lone polling booth in the council building on Chatham Island is our most remote polling...
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Food and drink fans take a bite out of the capital city
SWEETS, meat, cosmetics and drink filled Westpac Stadium at the weekend for the Wellington Food Show. Companies from all over New Zealand gathered to showcase their products. Tracy Levey has been...
View ArticleTaste-off to determine who’s making the best beer
A BLIND tasting this weekend will determine whether the best craft beers are being made in the bottom of the North island, or the top of the South. Wellington bar the Fork & Brewer is hosting the...
View ArticleNorth Island wins craft beer taste-off
IT seems the North Island brews the best beer. Almost 200 people drank their way through 200 litres of craft beer in a blind tasting event on Saturday at the Fork & Brewer, and decided the best...
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Tasman region sheep numbers jump as other regions suffer
Photo Cedits: Harriett Phillips. Lambs on Paratiho Sheep numbers in Tasman jumped 46.2% in the season ending June 2015. Tasman sheep numbers jumped from 243,000 to 355,000, according to Statistics New...
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Speed, crank, ice, uppers, meth – Salvos issue warning
The basic chemical compound for methamphetamine, a strong central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. While it may be prescribed, it is most commonly used as an illegal recreational drug. “I would do...
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Jazz musician Mark Wilson turns 50 in his beloved Queenstown
Mark Wilson still has his first piano, and 45 years and several pianos later he’s still making music – and celebrating his 50th birthday. Mark Wilson and wife Emma stand on stage at their birthday...
View ArticleShort, sharp strike for South Island health workers
A strike shorter than most lunch breaks is the last resort for mental health workers in the Nelson/ Marlborough area. Mental health workers for the Gateway Trust will be striking from 3 till 4pm this...
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