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Switched On Gardener pair appealing sentences
Peter Bennett (left) and Michael Quinlan were found guilty of dealing in cannabis-growing equipment. Photo / Greg Bowker The two men at the top of the Switched on Gardener chain are appealing their convictions and sentences. Owner Michael Quinlan was sentenced to four years and three months in jail last month. He had been convicted of possessing and supplying equipment to grow cannabis ...
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Nine-year-old spoken to about fires
Photo / File A 9-year-old boy is being spoken to by police Youth Aid after two fires in quick succession in Bay of Islands businesses. The first fire started in a clothing rack at The Warehouse in Waipapa about 1.45pm on Tuesday. Sergeant Peter Masters, of Paihia police, said damage was kept to a minimum by a customer's quick response and the store's good fire procedures. The store ...
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Council removes cat shelter
Photo / File photo The Far North District Council has removed a cat feeding shelter at Paihia. The crackdown against 86-year-old Betty Chapman and her team of volunteers feeding 10 stray cats at a Paihia reserve has created controversy, with cat lovers so critical of the council action their vitriolic emails have drawn accusations of cyber bullying. Council communications officer Richard ...
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New Zealand beefs up defense spending
New Zealand will boost defense spending from $318 million to $583 million in fiscal 2013 thanks to a payback from austerity measures. "In the year to July 2013 the (military) will deliver $190 million in savings after achieving $140 million in the year prior," New Zealand Defense Minister Jonathan Coleman said. "These savings free up resources to improve the defense force's ...
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NZ Post takes over Secret Santa Twitter account
The increasingly popular NZ Secret Santa Twitter account has been taken over by New Zealand Post, after it became too much for its Hamilton creator. The feel-good activity links Twitter users to each other so they can send anonymous Christmas presents. Sam Elton-Walter created the account three years ago and each year more and more people have joined - with 870 signing up last ...
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Council kick-starts airport extension
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 3:15 pm Press Release: Wellington City Council 23 May 2013 Council kick-starts airport extensionMayor Celia Wade-Brown said today that a runway extension is crucial to attracting long-haul international flights to the Capital City and will grow the economy of the lower North Island.The Wellington City Council proposes to contribute half of the estimated $2 million ...
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Christchurch Cathedral Conversation Involves Thousands
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 3:01 pm Press Release: Christchurch Cathedral Cathedral Conversation Involves ThousandsMay 23 2013The community engagement on design options for ChristChurch Cathedral has produced more than 3700 submissions and more than 19,000 visits to the website.The high number of submissions during the month long engagement, that ended on May 3rd, is being welcomed by the ...
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Amazing Place playground winners announced
Media Release - 23 May 2013 The redevelopment of central Christchurch has taken an exciting step forward with today's announcement of the Amazing Place playground winners, says Christchurch Central Development Unit Director Warwick Isaacs.The winners were announced by Prime Minister John Key at a gala event in Hagley Park's Geodome this afternoon."It was just great to see ...
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Liquefaction Hazard Low in Taranaki
Thu 23 May 2013 The possibility of earthquake-caused liquefaction in Taranaki is low, with just a few coastal areas potentially having the type of soil that might liquefy.However those areas would need to be soil-tested before the potential for liquefaction can be confirmed or discounted.A report by GNS Science has today (Thursday) been released by the region's four councils, Powerco ...
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Denniston mine decision good news for jobs growth
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Denniston deal a lost opportunity
The Government has missed an opportunity to allow conservation groups and the mining company Bathurst to reach a compromise over the Denniston Plateau by riding roughshod over the process, says Labour's Conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson."There was a real possibility of a win-win for both sides that would have seen mining go ahead while other areas were protected for ...
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Solid Response to Timaru District’s Community Awards
Locals have really got behind their volunteers with 36 entries received for 34 groups for the TrustPower Timaru District Community Awards.Entries for the Community Awards closed on Friday 17 May. The TrustPower Timaru District Community Awards, which recognise and reward voluntary groups for the outstanding contribution they make to the local community, are run in partnership with the ...
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Dunne’s ‘rush’ a long time coming
It's a bit rich for Peter Dunne to announce today that legislation to regulate legal highs should be 'rushed' through Parliament, Labour's Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says."Peter Dunne and the National-led Government could have passed the legislation long before now if they had made regulating the legal high industry a priority."The Law ...
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Queenstown Suffolk Street Consultation
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:45 pm Press Release: Queenstown Lakes District Council Suffolk Street ConsultationThe Council is considering a proposal to grant land at 11-21 Suffolk Street, Arrowtown to the Community Housing Trust to develop affordable rental accommodation.The development would include ten architecturally designed dwellings with two reserved for senior citizens.All dwellings ...
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Community Planting Day Will Enhance Karamu
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:40 pm Press Release: Hawke's Bay Regional Council 23 May 2013Community Planting Day Will Enhance KaramuA community planting day to celebrate Arbor Day next month will add to the enhancement of the Karamu Stream.Hawke's Bay Regional Council will be holding the planting day on Saturday 8 June from 9am to 2pm on the banks of the Karamu Stream near Whakatu. ...
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Investors should take more responsibility FMA boss
prize pool total to almost $500,000 since 1999 . FMA chairman Simon Allen was the winner of NBR' s latest subscriber prize of a Luxury European Escape courtesy of Air NZ, flying Business Premier to London, with stopovers each way in either Hong Kong or Los Angeles, plus four weeks' accommodation staying at the Small Luxury Hotels of the World properties of his ...
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Taurangas legacy – shiny new infrastructure and big debt
print edition detailed how companies from around New Zealand and overseas are considering moving to the Bay of Plenty city, attracted by proximity to the port on relatively cheap industrial land. In the second part of our ...
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Midwife found guilty over loose arrangement
Photo / File A Wanganui midwife who handed over care of some of her patients to a graduate midwife in a "loose arrangement" has been found guilty by the Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal. Cheryl Baker was charged that she practised without a certificate during April and/or May 2010, and that she acted unprofessionally or inappropriately from February to May 2010. She ...
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Midwife sentenced for loose arrangement
Photo / File A Wanganui midwife who handed over care of some of her patients to a graduate midwife in a "loose arrangement" has been found guilty by the Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal. Cheryl Baker was charged that she practised without a certificate during April and/or May 2010, and that she acted unprofessionally or inappropriately from February to May 2010. She ...
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Auckland rail operator Veolia almost doubles profit after new contract
Veolia Transport Auckland, which runs the city's urban passenger trains, almost doubled its annual profit last year after it changed the way it does business. Veolia, a unit of Paris-based Veolia Transdev, posted a profit of $1.99 million in the year ended December 31, up from $999,000 a year earlier, according to accounts filed with the Companies Office. The company's gross ...
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Dark Day For Conservation In NZ
The Government is eroding the conservation estate by allowing Australian owned Bathurst Resources Ltd access to conservation land to build open cast coal mine, the Green Party said today. "Today is a dark day for conservation," said Green Party mining spokesperson Catherine Delahunty.Ms Delahunty was responding to Conservation Minister Nick Smith's decision to allow ...
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Dunne legal highs bill to be even faster-tracked
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 1:23 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Peter DunneAssociate Minister of Health23 May 2013Dunne: legal highs bill to be even faster-trackedAssociate Health Minister Peter Dunne wants to push the Psychoactive Substances Bill through Parliament faster than planned when it returns from the select committee in mid-June, with the aim of having the legislation ...
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Meth Plan Continues to Show Results
Prime Minister John Key today released the latest Indicators and Progress Report for the Government's Tackling Methamphetamine Action Plan, and says while the picture of methamphetamine (P) supply in New Zealand remains a complex one, the efforts of law enforcement agencies are continuing to produce positive signs."When the Government began this plan in 2009, New Zealand had one ...
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Arcades to revitalise old Crowne Plaza site
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 1:34 pm Press Release: Festival of Transitional Architecture 23 May 2013Arcades to revitalise old Crowne Plaza siteA striking temporary structure is set to bring new life to the central city and facilitate events in Christchurch's former Crowne Plaza site.Construction of the impressive series of six-metre-high vault-like frames, named The Arcades Project, ...
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James Hardie makes no provision for leaky school claim
James Hardie Industries has not made a provision for the Ministry of Education's $1.5 billion suit over 800 leaky buildings, saying it hasn't worked out what loss, if any, it may face. The Australian building materials company and its New Zealand subsidiaries are assessing the ministry's claim with the intention of "vigorously" defending it, but haven't ...
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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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