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*If all my possessions were taken away from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would regain all the rest. - Daniel Webster 1782-1852*
QUEENSTOWN — I was lured against my own will to spend four days and three nights at Eichardts, one of the best hotels in the world at Queenstown (New Zealand) known globally as the Adventure Capital of the World.
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A Perth man has lost 12kg, is wary of wolf attacks and is training hard in the final days of preparation to race 25 different semi wild horses across Mongolia in the world's longest and toughest charity horse race, over 1000km.
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Tom Cruise, eat your heart out.
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Increasing costs and less than satisfactory rehabilitation outcomes are unsustainable and can not carry on, ACC spokesperson Gail Kettle told the Australasian rehabilitation conference in Queenstown today.
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Two of New Zealand’s leading rehabilitation experts today called on the government to end rehabilitation’s reputation as the Cinderella of medicine.
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Soak up the atmosphere chomping whitebait pizza on the Hokitika beach; cook paua on a camp oven at Tapoutupotu by Cape Reinga or tramp through dense bush up into alpine meadows to the snow-capped peaks above Kaikoura.
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QUEENSTOWN — Older people are not the only ones at risk of having a stroke; New Zealand has a high rate of head injury and experts have difficulties motivating people to recover faster, a rehabilitation expert said today.
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LAKE TEKAPO — The Tekapo and Mt Cook area bid for a world night-sky reserve is seeking government backing to support their project to help it gain UNESCO approval next year.
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Australasias fastest car and camper rental operator Jucy today announced expansion of its business across the Tasman as competitors slash prices, downsize or put a halt to new projects.
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The fastest growing Australasian rental car firm Jucy is backing the NZ ski racing team and the Winter Games in the run up to the biggest event of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
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AUCKLAND — Napier award-winning artist Marie Kjestrup Evans, whose paintings have probably been viewed by Tiger Woods, will be one of the main drawcards at Auckland’s big Original Art Sale in Manukau later this month.
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Leading NZ nude artist Melissa Sharplin will bare her latest retro series at Wellington’s famous Affordable Art Show starting in Wellington on July 31.
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QUEENSTOWN — New Zealand urgently needs more research to help increasing and greater scope for ongoing advances in rehabilitation, once the Cinderella of medicine, a national expert said today in the build up to next month’s major Australasian rehabilitation conference in Queenstown.
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Singer Mandy Pickering can thank her Nana for tonight making TV ONEs Stars In Their Eyes grand final as Sarah Maclachlan.
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CHRISTCHURCH — As the country tighten its belts and wallets stay firmly closed people can be relieved that fashion can still be affordable in tough times, leading New Zealand stylist Stephanie Rumble said today.
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LAKE TEKAPO — A New Zealander living in Perth who says he is not a good rider will hop on different horses to compete in the world's longest and toughest horse race, over 1000km across Mongolia later this year in the inaugural Mongol Derby.
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A young New Zealand elite rower now crippled with arthritis will end her epic 950km fund-raising trek across Spain next Monday morning (nztime).
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A Kiwi film company, Earthwire Productions is offering to the public ‘war bonds’ to help produce a full length movie about the war-time experiences and subsequent repatriation of a New Zealand world war 2 soldier.
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The 1967 All Blacks captain Brian Lochore’s jersey sold for stg1000 at auction in London early today.
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Seeing Colin Meads reduce to tears after being sent off at Murrayfield 42 years ago is one of the lasting memories of the 1967All Blacks baggage master Richard Walker.
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An expanded New Zealand working party has been formed to ensure the Tekapo bid to become world night-sky reserve is successful, former Cabinet minister Margaret Austin said today.
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QUEENSTOWN — Some of the world’s leading experts will offer new trends and treatment ideas at the Australasian rehabilitation conference in Queenstown later this year.
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Top world guide book publisher Lonely Planet has come up with its first South Island guide book – with a difference: It includes 32 pages about the Wellington area.
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Captain Brian Lochore’s 1967 jersey and other memorabilia items from the 1967 All Blacks tour will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London next month.
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The Going family will next month celebrate at Waitangi 150 years since the Goings first arrived on New Zealand’s shores in 1859.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Mercers fire brigade is seeking a top effort and thousands of dollars in the annual 1029-stair Sky Tower Challenge fundraiser next month.
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LAKE TEKAPO — New Zealand's world first starlight reserve bid - one of eight world-wide night heritage site bids - has taken a strong step forward after a UNESCO working party meeting in the Canaries, Spain, former Cabinet member Margaret Austin said today.
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WAITANGI — The Going family will next month celebrate at Waitangi 150 years since the Goings first arrived on New Zealand’s shores in 1859.
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WANAKA — Leading New Zealand expedition company Adventure Consultants has been named one of the top mountaineering companies in the world by National Geographic Adventure.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Beaver Tree Services are shedding light on the Auckland Island pigs at Christchurch’s Willowbank Reserved later this week.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch’s top award-winning landscape artist Hannah Riden will show typically iconic Christchurch scenes at The George (hotel) exhibition next week.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Works by Ralph Hotere and Bill Hammond, two of New Zealand’s most important artists, are helping send Linwood College students on a trip to China by having their works up for auction at Turners Car Yards in Christchurch on March 6.
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Esther Jessop, kaumatua and founding member of Ngati Ranana, has been named the 2009 Air NZ New Zealander of the Year at the New Zealand Society’s annual Waitangi Day Dinner at the Millennium Mayfair London Hotel, on Friday evening, February 6 (UKtime).
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The NZ Art Guild raised $20,000 shaving heads for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation of NZ (LBF) last night at the opening night of the Shave an Artist Charity Art Auction in Takapuna, Auckland.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The NZ Art Guild and Leukaemia and Blood Foundation of NZ (LBF) hopes to raise $10,000 next week at the opening night of the "Shave an Artist" Charity Art Auction at the Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, Auckland .
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CHRISTCHURCH — Two Christchurch artists deeply concerned about the future of Canterbury’s water will launch their Canterbury River-talk project in March, they said today.
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LAKE TEKAPO — New Zealand’s starlight reserve bid – one of eight world-wide night heritage site bids – has just a few months to prepare a case study before reporting to UNESCO again in April, former Cabinet member Margaret Austin said today.
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LAKE TEKAPO — Concept plans for Lake Tekapo becoming a world starlight reserve were expected to be adopted at a UNESCO committee meet in Paris today but it may take another year for the status to be formally approved, former Cabinet minister Margaret Austin said from Paris today.
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The Wellington university student who started from Cape Reinga as a teenager and raised over $28,000 for cystic fibrosis in walking to Bluff says she has grown as a person and urges more New Zealanders to see the country.
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CROMWELL — Cromwell artist portrait Deidre Copeland has won the second annual Aspiring Art Prize, the biggest art award in the South Island.
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London and Oxford Universities vice-chancellors Sir Graeme Davies and John Hood and Ngati Ranana founding member Esther Jessop have been named as the finalists for the 2009 New Zealander of the Year award.
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Not everyone plays rugby; the wine and food culture is thriving and there’s much more to New Zealand than just two islands, according to the latest 2009 Lonely Planet Travel Book.
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LAKE TEKAPO — Former cabinet minister Margaret Austin will push for adoption of the world’s first night sky reserve at Tekapo during a UNESCO conference in Paris this week.
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LAKE TEKAPO — Former cabinet minister Margaret Austin will push for adoption of the world’s first night sky reserve at Tekapo during a UNESCO conference in Paris this week.
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BLUFF — Tall striding Wellington student Emma Daken is on schedule to stride into Bluff on Friday to become the youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ for cystic fibrosis research.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurchs top award-winning landscape artist Hannah Riden will stage a major Christchurch scenes exhibition at the George Hotel in March.
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Emma Daken has seven more walking days to reach Bluff and set a record as youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ for Cystic Fibrosis research
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Emma Daken to celebrate Xmas and 55 days on the road in Timaru in her quest to set record as youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ for Cystic Fibrosis research
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Emma Daken wears out second pair of shoes, battles shin splits heading into Canterbury in quest to set record as youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ – for Cystic Fibrosis research.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch’s Clearview Lodge has been named the top accommodation place in New Zealand according to a glossy Japanese magazine Rurubu.
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Low cost tourist operators may be in for a strong summer season despite a global economic re cession, Jucy car and camper rentals chief executive Tim Alpe said today.
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WELLINGTON — Emma Daken strides into Wellington to end NI leg of her journey in quest to set record as youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ for Cystic Fibrosis research
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HASTINGS — Determined Wellington student Emma Daken is into her second pair of shoes in her quest to set a record as the youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ – for Cystic Fibrosis research funds.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Hagley Community College, the only secondary school in New Zealand offering a full time dance course, will put on a graduation dance performance at Southern Ballet in Christchurch’s Arts Centre next month.
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Award winning Marlborough wine label Spy Valley has won major accolades in London at the International Wine and Spirit Competition.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland landscapers Jan and Rod Frost of Ace Landscapes were tonight named the best New Zealand business at the fourth annual Action Coach NZ business awards in Auckland.
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Determined Wellington teenager Emma Daken is expected to walk into Rotorua on Friday in her challenging attempt to set a record as the youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ – for Cystic Fibrosis research funds.
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CANTERBURY — The skies above the Mackenzie country could be the home of the world’s first starlight reserve in 2009, the Year of Astronomy.
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The best New Zealand business will be announced at the fourth annual Action Coach Business Awards in Auckland next week.
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CANTERBURY — A number of prominent Canterbury artists will have their works auctioned later this month to raise funds for the drug and alcohol preventive group DARE.
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The new John Key government needs to address the serious concerns relating to bright young women with eating disorders, a leading new private health addiction treatment clinic said today.
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Determined teenager Emma Daken is expected to stride up Queens St in Auckland tomorrow to reach her first major milestone tomorrow in an attempt to set a record as the youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ for Cystic Fibrosis research.
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TAURANGA — Bird painter Mandy Hague of Whakatane was last night named the best overall artist at the inaugural New Zealand art awards in Tauranga.
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A stomach virus blisters and possibility of losing some toenails is not stopping Wellington teenager Emma Daken in her quest to become youngest Kiwis to walk the length of New Zealand.
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Leading New Zealand wine label Hunters is now being poured in London Heathrows leading airport lounges.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington teenager Emma Daken sets off from Cape Reinga early Saturday morning to begin a journey which may set a record as the youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ – for cystic fibrosis.
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MILFORD — A leading Milford Sound tourist operator Cruize Milford launches a daily express coach service from November 1 which will increase business.
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Helen Clark has upped the ante and lifted her game while John Key relates better but needs to vary what he wears, leading New Zealand stylist Stephanie Rumble said today.
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A Wellington university student is set to become of the youngest Kiwis to walk the length of New Zealand to raise awareness and research funds for cystic fibrosis.
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AUCKLAND — A south Auckland artist’s inaugural solo art exhibition in Tuakau next month will highlight environmental concerns and comment on the fast-paced consumerist attitude of NZ society today.
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New Zealand’s most eco-friendly vehicle hire company Jucy today officially launched its Dirty Getaway scheme.
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MASTERTON — Masterton’s Taren Wood won the top prize at the New Zealand women’s art exhibition which has just ended in Gisborne.
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New Zealand’s public addiction treatment service is riddled with problems and not effectively treating addicts, an expert said today.
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Auckland, Queenstown, Cape Reinga, Lake Taupo, Rotorua and Queen Charlotte Sound all rate a mention n the Lonely Planets Best in Travel 2009 Guide just released.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Dancing with the stars winner Aaron Gilmore will hold a major dance workshop in Christchurch next month.
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Boutique Christchurch designer Indesign has won the National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA) bathroom of the Year award to take its haul of national kitchen and bathroom awards to 13 in just two years.
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One of New Zealand’s most established wineries, Hunter’s, today announced it has launched exports into Spain and Holland – lifting the number of its exporting countries to 22.
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Rachel Hunter, Nicky Watson show too much cleavage, Lucy Lawless is all class, Trelise Cooper is an inspiration and Neil Finn needs a decent hairdresser.
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New Zealand’s World Harmony Run to support world peace will pass through 34 towns and cities before it ends in Christchurch on October 5.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The largest holding in the world of 1906 Christchurch exhibition stamps will go under the hammer at Mowbrays international auction in Wellington next month.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A leading New Zealand artist will feature her dramatic splatter style of painting as part of New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland next week.
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MARLBOROUGH — Award winning Marlborough wine label Spy Valley has been named the international Decanter Magazines best value New Zealand Pinot Noir at the annual New Zealand Pinot Noir tasting.
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New Zealand listed auction dealer Mowbrays today reported it had notched up a record week of $NZ6 million of sales through its associates in Australia.
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WELLINGTON CITY — One of Marlborough’s best known wine pioneers Jane hunter is among a dozen New Zealand winemakers who feature in a national portrait exhibition which opened in Wellington today.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury farmers Mark and Karen Feary of Mt Oxford today said they were shocked at a test case High Court ruling released this week.
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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealand’s newest private rehabilitation clinic to treat addicts opens in Auckland on Monday Serenity Clinic to cope with rising addiction.
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Bay of Islands is a bit over-hyped, Christchurch is one of New Zealand’s most liveable cities,
Dunedin is surprisingly artsy and Hamilton’s stretch of bars and eateries leave Auckland’s Viaduct for dead.909 views
So what is the best festival event in New Zealand? Some may say the World of Wearable Arts event, others say the World Buskers Festival but Lonely Planet rates Napiers Art Deco weekend the best.
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AUCKLAND — The head of New Zealands newest rehabilitation clinic for drug, alcohol, eating and gambling addictions knows exactly how to treat people crying out for help.
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AUCKLAND — Experts today backed the launch this month of Aucklands new private Serenity Clinic to treat people with drug, alcohol, gambling and eating addictions.
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AUCKLAND — A rehabilitation clinic for personal trauma, eating disorders, drug and alcohol problems will open in Auckland later this month.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Hagley Community College, the only secondary school in New Zealand offering a full time dance course, will put on a major dance performance in Christchurch later this month.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A south Auckland mum has been named an artist in residence for the annual Artworks exhibition event on Princes Wharf in Auckland starting August 25.
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Rugby coaches Graham Henry and Robbie Deans have one thing in common – neither warmly connect to the public, according to leading New Zealand stylist Stephanie Rumble.
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Outstanding Australian oil artist Trisha Lambi shows some of her best nudes at Kerala Gallery, Northcote in Melbourne this month.
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Helen Clark is too inhibited, John Keys needs some contrast, Gerry Brownlee could lose the white shirt look and Michael Cullen is pretty good for an older chap.
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AUCKLAND — A Mowbrays subsidiary has notched up a New Zealand record auction price for a vintage motorbike which till recently had been lying idle in an old barn.
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CHRISTCHURCH — About 40 artists from around New Zealand and up to 300 works will make up the Bone Marrow Cancer Trust art exhibition next month.
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HAMILTON — A Hamilton aviation designer is seeking equity partners to launch his new Omega light aircraft on to the domestic market.
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