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Banks Peninsula should conserve water during bad weather
Christchurch City Council is asking residents in the Banks Peninsula region to be mindful with water use throughout the expected bad weather over the next three days. Tim Joyce, Contracts Manager for City Water and Waste Unit says, "We ask residents to use water sparingly in the Akaroa harbour area, Pigeon Bay and Little River for the next three days. Some water reserves are nearing ...
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Levin man in hospital after serious assault
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:34 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Levin man in hospital after serious assaultPolice have launched an investigation after a man was admitted to Palmerston North Hospital this morning after being seriously assaulted in Levin.The 53-year-old Levin man was found injured at his home by his caregiver around 8:30am this morning. The caregiver immediately ...
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Release of wild pigs condemned
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:56 pm Press Release: Animal Health Board Media release19 June 2013 Release of wild pigs condemned The illegal release of wild pigs near a beef herd has led the farm owner to speak out about the risk they pose to bovine tuberculosis (TB) control.Wild pigs can carry TB and have the potential to infect areas in which the existing wildlife population is free of ...
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New community centre and library for Te Atatu
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:26 pm Press Release: Auckland Council 19 June 2013New community centre and library for Te AtatuIt's been a long time coming, but construction of the Te Atatu Peninsula's new library and community centre will finally get underway.Consent has been granted for the $12 million project with Auckland Council planning to start work on the project before the ...
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Plenty of ways to acknowledge volunteers
Volunteers are in the spotlight as Aotearoa celebrates National Volunteer Week (16-22 June 2013).Vanisa Dhiru, Chief Executive of Volunteering New Zealand says people and organisations across the nation can nominate outstanding volunteers for their commitment to their communities in a variety of ways."It's is great to see volunteers nominated for awards and thanked for their ...
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Community Internship Programme applications open
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:21 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Jo GoodhewMinister for the Community and Voluntary Sector19 June 2013Community Internship Programme applications openApplications for the Community Internship Programme are now being accepted, says Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew."This programme funds hapu, iwi or community groups with ...
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Hutt City Council Appoints Community Arts Advisor
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:50 pm Press Release: Dowse 17 June 2013 Hutt City Council Appoints Community Arts AdvisorPippa Sanderson will take up the role of Hutt City's Community Arts Advisor, the city's primary advocate for the community arts, from Tuesday 25 June. Pippa is an experienced project manager and advocate for social change who most recently was the Community ...
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Tulisa Contostavlos was terrified by a crazed stalker in the middle of the night.
Tulisa sent her Personal Assistant, Gareth Varey, to answer the door and there was a heated exchange.A source close to the singer told The Mirror newspaper: "He started knocking down her front door in the middle of the night and Tulisa was utterly petrified."This is the last thing she needs to be dealing with right now."She has had an absolutely hellish past few days - and now ...
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Pokie machine reforms unveiled by govt
A package of pokie machine reforms has been unveiled by the government, which will now back a Maori Party bill aiming to reduce gambling harm.Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain says the balanced package for the non-casino gaming sector will ensure the community gets a greater return from pokie machines, while the amount societies pay bars to host machines will be cut by simplifying ...
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Olga Kurylenko is ready to have children.
The 33-year-old 'Seven Psychopaths' star's whirlwind career saw her scouted as a model aged 13 in Russia before making the move from cover star to acting, but she is now ready to slow down and start a ...
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Motorists battle 60km-long oil slick
A 60-kilometre-long oil slick has caused havoc for some motorists travelling between Tauranga and Cambridge.The slick on State Highway 29, between Soldiers Road on the Tauranga side of the Kaimai Ranges and SH1 near Cambridge, caused a number of vehicles to slip and slide on the road on Wednesday morning, police say.However, there were no major crashes.The slick was being cleaned up and police ...
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Package of reforms planned for Class 4 gambling
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:10 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Chris TremainMinister of Internal Affairs 19 June 2013 Package of reforms planned for Class 4 gamblingInternal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain today announced a balanced package of reforms in the Class 4 (non-casino) gaming sector."There is a clear need for reform in the Class 4 sector, which is why Te Ururoa ...
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Fish Game hunter penalty ten times hunting licence fee
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Sky TV shares slump after loss of football rights
Shares in Sky Network Television, the worst performing stock on New Zealand’s benchmark NZSX 50 today, slumped 6.2 percent after the pay-television company lost the rights to broadcast English Premier League football this season. Sky Network shares dropped 35 cents to $5.32, crimping its gain this year to 16 percent. Coliseum EPL Management is believed to be the new owner of rights ...
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Weather worries Residents urged to stay indoors
A polar blast set to ice all of New Zealand has sent authorities scrambling to warn residents to stay indoors. The southerly blast has already sent temperatures plummeting in the deep south and will bring snow to large parts of the South Island today and tonight, even in coastal Christchurch, still mopping up after this week's deluge. Emergency refuge centres are being set up in ...
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Gambling reform making progress
Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell is committed to progressing the Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill despite the changes made by the Commerce Select Committee, saying that small steps in the right direction are better than no change at all. "This Bill was born out of a desire to minimise the harm of gambling on vulnerable communities, as well as ensuring the returns from ...
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Drink-driver to meet victims families
Sentencing for a drink-driver who ran over two young girls in Ohope in May has been put off so he can meet with his victims' families. Ramon Lee Hussey, 43, was due to be sentenced in the Whakatane District Court today after earlier pleading guilty to two charges of drink driving causing injury and one of driving while his licence was suspended. Sentencing has been adjourned until July 17 to ...
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Current account deficit narrows
New Zealand's current account deficit narrowed as expected in the first quarter as volumes and prices of dairy exports rose and visitors spent more.The current account deficit fell to $663 million in the three months ended March 31, from a revised $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Statistics New Zealand.The annual gap narrowed to about $10.1b, or 4.8 per cent of gross ...
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Will.i.am has turned down charity work in the UK because he wont get paid.
'The Voice' UK mentor had originally agreed to take on the role and was arranging to meet budding entrepreneurs from taxpayer-funded scheme startuploans.co.uk, but his US management then unexpectedly announced the fund "was not a good fit" and the star pulled out.English entrepreneur James Caan - who also helped launch the scheme - has slammed the '#Power' hitmaker, ...
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Stephen Fry couldnt be bothered to read The Hobbit despite starring in the film.
The British actor is playing the money-hungry Master of Laketown in the second instalment of Sir Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug', and confessed he had no idea who his character was when he flew out to New Zealand to shoot the film last ...
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US man accused of beating Kiwi to death found guilty
An American man accused of beating a New Zealand teacher to death has been found guilty of second degree murder. Prudence Hockley, 55, was killed on Christmas Eve 2011 by her bodybuilder boyfriend Johnnie Lee Wiggins - a convicted criminal with a history of illegal steroid use and violent and sexual offending. Ms Hockley, originally from Nelson and educated at Canterbury ...
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LINZ Data Service a resounding success
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:45 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Maurice WilliamsonMinister for Land Information 19 June 2013 Media Statement LINZ Data Service a resounding successLand Information Minister Maurice Williamson says the LINZ Data Service has set the benchmark for the release of public data for reuse, innovation and enterprise. Launched in 2011, LDS provides free ...
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Constitution Conversation disability community to talk
Constitutional Advisory Panel guest speaker: Bernice Mene This is a chance for disabled people to learn about the Constitution Conversation have your say hear what other people think learn how to make your own submissionYou can find out more about the Constitution Conversation ...
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Wellington transport plans a mix of the good bad and ugly
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:53 am Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Grant ROBERTSONMP for Wellington Central Iain LEES-GALLOWAYTransport Spokesperson19 June 2013 MEDIA ...
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Bill reflects widespread and on-going concern
The corporate world must know the public expects to call to account unjustified actions or omissions that end up killing people, Labour's Justice spokesperson and author of a Bill on corporate manslaughter, Andrew Little, says.Speaking at an aviation conference in Dunedin this morning (speech attached) Mr Little said a corporate manslaughter law, as opposed to ordinary manslaughter ...
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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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