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SkyCity expands in Queenstown
SkyCity Entertainment Group is increasing its presence in Queenstown with the purchase of Wharf Casino.SkyCity said it has purchased Otago Casinos Ltd, which holds the licence for the Wharf Casino, for $5 million.The casino operates from the wharf where tourist attraction the TSS Ernslaw steamship docks.The owner of Auckland's SkyCity casino last week did a deal with the government to build ...
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Christina Aguilera is returning to The Voice USA.
A mole told The Wrap that former panellist Christina - who left the show in 2012 after three seasons to promote her latest album 'LOTUS' - is expected to return this autumn after signing a deal worth a rumoured $17 million.It is as yet unclear whether Cee Lo Green, who also departed last year, will be returning alongside Christina or whether his popular replacement, Usher, will stay ...
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Google Glass makes you look like a complete dork
This just in from Google's I/O conference in San Francisco, where Christchurch man Ben Kepes has been trying company's prototype camera-equipped smart glasses. "Having spent a few hours walking around San Francisco's Moscone center wearing, and trying to use, Google Glass, I'm less worried by the privacy impacts of the device than I am the sartorial impacts," the ...
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Man held over gun scare at Cannes festival
A man has been arrested after shots were fired at the Cannes Film Festival, sparking panic on a dramatic day that also featured a jewellery heist.Chaos erupted briefly on Cannes' main thoroughfare on Friday (Saturday NZT) when the suspected assailant allegedly fired two blank shots near the filming of a live television program.Police said the man, who was quickly detained, also had a fake ...
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Cara Delevingne has had her first tattoo.
Posting a picture of the artwork on Instagram via her Twitter page, she wrote: "My first tattoo!! Lions rule! Thank you so much @BangBang badgalriri (sic)"She then added: " I am so happy! Thanks again @BangBang @elemags ! RAWWWW (sic)"And Rihanna tweeted: "My lover caradelevingne just came over and got tagged for the first time!! Only by the best @BangBang(sic) ...
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James Franco is comfortable mocking himself.
The 35-year-old Hollywood heartthrob - who has starred in various spoof videos, some of were created by him to ridicule himself - is comfortable with people poking fun at him because he can laugh at ...
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Coercive Moves Disguised as Workshops
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 3:24 pm Press Release: Quake Outcasts Coercive Moves Disguised as "Workshops"Christchurch- The government, through CERA and the quake organisation CanCern released a letter to Canterbury residential "red zone" residents. The letter suggests there will be "workshops" for people to "discuss their concerns" and is targeted at ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said. - APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said. - APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Car crashes into canal
A man has been hospitalised with moderate injuries after his car went into a canal in South Auckland. Police and ambulance services were called to the scene on Island Rd in Mangere just before 4pm. The man was taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital for treatment, a St John Ambulance northern communication centre spokesman said.- APNZ By Abby Gillies Email ...
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic voyage across the pacific Ocean. The crew left Auckland's Waitemata Harbour last August and travelled to Rapanui (Easter Island) before returning to New Zealand today using only the stars, moon, sun, ocean currents, birds and marine life to guide their 10,000 nautical-mile ...
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic voyage across the pacific Ocean. The crew left Auckland's Waitemata Harbour last August and travelled to Rapanui (Easter Island) before returning to New Zealand today using only the stars, moon, sun, ocean currents, birds and marine life to guide their 10,000 nautical-mile ...
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic voyage across the pacific Ocean. The crew left Auckland's Waitemata Harbour last August and travelled to Rapanui (Easter Island) before returning to New Zealand today using only the stars, moon, sun, ocean currents, birds and marine life to guide their 10,000 nautical-mile ...
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic voyage across the pacific Ocean. The crew left Auckland's Waitemata Harbour last August and travelled to Rapanui (Easter Island) before returning to New Zealand today using only the stars, moon, sun, ocean currents, birds and marine life to guide their 10,000 nautical-mile ...
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic voyage across the pacific Ocean. The crew left Auckland's Waitemata Harbour last August and travelled to Rapanui (Easter Island) before returning to New Zealand today using only the stars, moon, sun, ocean currents, birds and marine life to guide their 10,000 nautical-mile ...
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic voyage across the pacific Ocean. The crew left Auckland's Waitemata Harbour last August and travelled to Rapanui (Easter Island) before returning to New Zealand today using only the stars, moon, sun, ocean currents, birds and marine life to guide their 10,000 nautical-mile ...
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Waka Tapu complete historic voyage
Associate Tourism Minister Chris Tremain has praised the efforts of the Waka Tapu crew for successfully completing a return voyage to Rapanui (Easter Island). After spending nearly 200 days at sea, the two waka hourua (traditional double-hulled sailing canoes) arrived back in Auckland today to an enthusiastic welcome from family, friends and supporters. "The crew of the two waka travelled ...
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Auckland asks for smoke-free feedback
Auckland is one step closer to having smoke-free parks, reserves, sports fields and playgrounds with the council asking for community feedback on its smoke-free policy.Auckland Council presented its draft smoke-free policy on Tuesday and is calling on local groups and community members to contribute to the final draft.The final draft will be presented to the Regional Development and Operations ...
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Police chase car for 100km
An early morning police chase that lasted for more than 100 kilometres has ended with officers forcing the erratic driver off the road.The police pursuit was sparked when the 20-year-old driver ignored an alcohol checkpoint and passed through on the wrong side of the road at Whangarei at about 2.20am on Saturday.Whangarei police followed the vehicle along State Highway 1 and deployed tyre ...
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Sheryl Crow has pledged her support to Angelina Jolie following her double mastectomy.
The country singer - who beat breast cancer in 2006 - has praised Angelina for speaking openly about her decision to undergo the operation after she was found to be carrying the BRCA1 cancer gene, which gives her an 87 per cent chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 per cent risk of ovarian ...
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Jennifer Lopez is buying a $10 million mansion in The Hamptons.
The 43-year-old star has visited the house several times with her 25-year-old boyfriend Caspar Smart and her five-year-old twins, Emme and Max - her children with third ex-husband Marc Anthony - and was sold on its privacy , as it is located in a secluded cul-de-sac on three acres of land.According to the New York Post newspaper, Jennifer has been on the market for a holiday home in the upmarket ...
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Paris Jackson wants to spend the summer with her mother.
The 15-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson has developed a close bond with her birth mother, Debbie Rowe, over recent weeks and has now dropped the bombshell on the Jackson household that she wants to spend the summer holiday at Debbie's horse ranch in Palmdale, ...
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New Zealand stepping up for regional fisheries
New Zealand is regional power in the Pacific and this is reflected in our ongoing involvement in the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, which is the mechanism by which the region manages one of its greatest natural resources.
New Zealand has long been a regional power in the South Pacific, and in this capacity the country has lead a number of major initiatives undertaken alone or in conjunction with other Pacific Island nations, the most important of these have been policies aimed at environmental protection and sustainability, as well as monitoring and rehabilitation of important environmental resources, such as the Pacific fisheries. Read more
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