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Fire 24 May 2013
Fire in Queenstown

QUEENSTOWN — Firefighters are battling a large fire in central Queenstown this afternoon.

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Triathlon 18 Jan 2013
Challenge Wanaka 2013 media conference

WANAKA — With a day to go top athletes speak about their careers and the upcoming race.

Elite men at the Challenge Wanaka Press Conference

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Mountain Running 23 Apr 2012
A few videos from the Wild Turkey 2012

AUCKLAND — Saturday's Wild Turkey was the last time the event will be run and was my first time.

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Rugby 18 May 2011
3D Rugby on the Giant Screen

Yesterday I went to the launch of 3D viewing for the RWC2011.

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Conservation 21 Feb 2011
Slips on Cathedral Cove track fail to deter tourists

COROMANDEL — Recent rain and flooding have cause significant damage to the track from Hahei to world famous tourist attraction Cathedral cove.

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Deaths 24 Nov 2010
Second explosion leaves no hope for trapped miners

WEST COAST — Superintendent Gary Knowles has told families there is no hope for the 29 men trapped in Pike River mine, after a second explosion today. Knowles says no-one could have survived the explosion and the search and rescue operation is now a search and recovery mission.

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Rugby 21 Nov 2010
All Blacks' out class Ireland, again

Dan Carter is just one kick away from a world record after the AB's beat Ireland this morning 38-18 at Aviva Stadium.

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Food 12 Nov 2010
Milkybar Kid top ten – last day to vote

The search is almost over for one of New Zealand's most well-known young adventurers – the MILKYBAR Kid – as public voting closes tonight.

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Internet 9 Jun 2010
Discussions from Bizzone

Below are a few comments about online advertising and journalism from NZ Internet entrepreneurs Alistair Thompson, Scoop.co.nz, and Gary Jensen from NZS.com while at Bizzone on Friday.

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Advertising 3 Mar 2010
10 reasons to advertise online Vs 10 reasons to advertise in a newspaper

Below are a few comparisons between print and online advertising and why advertisers can benefit from the variety and breadth of websites and options available in online advertising.

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Festival 2 Mar 2010
Photos from the The 11th Auckland Lantern Festival

AUCKLAND CITY — The Lantern Festival is traditionally held on the 15th day of Chinese Lunar New Year.

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Festival 16 Jan 2010
BDO 2010 - Great fun

AUCKLAND CITY — The Big Day Out at Mt Smart Stadium was great fun yesterday.

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Opinion 4 Dec 2009
David Bain: CounterSpin - just some very bad spin

A group of Robin Bain supporters has launched a petition to deny David Bain's application for compensation for time spent in jail for the alleged murders of five members of his family in 1995.

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Police 16 Oct 2009
At 3am in the morning when you buy a pie what must you always do?

Police Ten Seven at its best bringing "safer communities together".

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Swimming 1 Aug 2009
Swanepoel falls short of 100 fly final

Corney Swanepoel has missed out on a final spot in the men's 100 fly after failing to improve on his heat time in the semi-final last night at the world swimming champs in Rome.

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Swimming 31 Jul 2009
Palmer hits semi hard, but misses final in eleventh

Three Kiwis raced in Rome over night with Hayley Palmer the only one to progress to the semis in her favored 100 Free with a 54.10sec swim.

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Swimming 28 Jul 2009
Burmester misses final in 200 fly

Moss Burmester has fallen short of making the finals in the 200 Fly semi finals with an eleventh ranked swim of 1:56.03 in the heats and semi-final on day 3 of the swimming world championships in Rome.

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Sport 28 Jul 2009
The opening of HypO2 in Ponsonby

AUCKLAND CITY — Robert Sarfati speaks about the Hypo2 hyperbaric chambers now open in Ponsonby.

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Swimming 28 Jul 2009
McMillan and Jack put in strong performances during heats

New Zealanders Andrew McMillan and Michael Jack swam well in the mens 200 Free at the Swimming World Champs in Rome today.

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Swimming 27 Jul 2009
Swanepoel falls short of first final at FINA World Champs

Olympic finalist Corney Swanepoel has made the semi-final cut in the 50 Fly today, coming in 13th, but missed the final at the FINA world champs in Rome.

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Electricity 11 Jun 2009
Energy efficent bulbs or not? Its your choice and your say.

Yesterday I a box of energy efficient light bulbs from rightlight.govt.nz to try out.

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Music 20 May 2009
Songs for Oxfam promo

PIHA — 7 Worlds Collide documentary screening on TV 1 on Sunday 24th May.

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Triathlon 28 Mar 2009
Auckland Half Ironman - updated

AUCKLAND — The Auckland Half palyed out in stunning weather with a class field today at Maritai and Kawakawa.

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Orienteering 22 Mar 2009
ANZ City Chase Auckland - a class event

AUCKLAND CITYANZ City Chase drew more than 300 teams yesterday into an adventure which ranged from the North Shore's Davenport to the Eastern Waterfront's Okahu Bay.

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Internet 8 Jan 2009
Stop another stupid law from restricting our lives

Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act.

1,029 views

Cannabis 22 Dec 2008
Drug Policy Rendered Down

Blair Anderson of the Mild Greens has posted an interesting widget/graph on http://mildgreens.blogspot.com.

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League 23 Nov 2008
League cup welcomed home by fans

AUCKLAND — The Kiwis have arrived in Auckland tonight to fans applause and admiration after beating Australia 34 - 20 in the Rugby League World Cup final in Brisbane last night.

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Politics 9 Nov 2008
Facebook Status updates and comments

This morning I visited Facebook to see what sort of comments would be flying around about last nights elections.

Facebook faces post election - who's talking?

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Fashion 8 Nov 2008
Miss Hawaiian Tropic New Zealand 2009 highlights

AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland's Empire Tavern was packed last night for the finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic New Zealand 2009 where the hottest talent from accross the country lined up to battle for the best bikini body.

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Religion 30 Oct 2008
Destiny Church denies 'promised land' plan

MANUKAU CITY — The Destiny Church is denying claims that Bishop Brian Tamaki has told supporters plans are well under way for an exclusive "kingdom" in South Auckland where Tamaki is urging church members to move too.

Bishop Brian Tamaki preaching

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Internet 29 Oct 2008
Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Vodafone display some balls ... finally!

The power of free speech is truley coming back to the people, but not for lack of users trying to freely express themselves.

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Politics 29 Apr 2008
National and john key's personal attacks

A short clip analysing John Key complaining he's always under personal attacks from Labour.

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Skateboarding 27 Apr 2008
Wellington bowl-a-rama footage

WELLINGTON — Wellington bowl-a-rama footage , all the biggest airs, longest grinds, fastest carves and wicked tricks from the first stop of wcsk8 2008 tour , enjoy.

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Hip Hop 23 Apr 2008
Young Sid feat. Bradd Marquis 'My Letter'

Young Sid "My Letter" Featuring Bradd Marquis Dedicated by Sid to the memory of P.R.

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Skateboarding 23 Apr 2008
Fullpipe skateboarding new zealand

Bigass pipe gets revisited by lynfieldryda and da homies.

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Hip Hop 14 Apr 2008
Mareko - Gotta Go

The first single from Mareko's brand new album White Sunday 2: The Book Of Mark.

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Surfing 10 Mar 2008
Mostly Maz

GISBORNE — A short surf clip from cowps productions  - www.myspace.com/cowps  - in Gisborne.

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Entertainment 3 Feb 2008
Auckland International Buskers Festival

AUCKLAND CITY — A few clips from the Auckland International Buskers Festival.

A couple of guys busking in Auckland yesterday

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Rock 20 Jan 2008
David Farrier interviews Tom Morello, BDO 2008

AUCKLAND CITY — Tom Morello talks about Rage being back together, Audioslave's demise and his new project THE NIGHTWATCHMEN.

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Comedy 15 Jan 2008
Myspace party teen faces the hard questions on ACA

This interview with an Australian teen, who advertised a party at his parents place on MySpace.com, is one of the most amusing I have seen in a long time.

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Skateboarding 6 Jan 2008
Coromandle Skating

COROMANDEL — A cool video of skating in the Coromandel.

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Surfing 3 Jan 2008
Points of Order

GISBORNE — Some nice looking surf in Gisborne on Christmas eve.

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Surfing 24 Dec 2007
Sequence Surf Shop Surf Comp

GISBORNE — Sequence Surf shop Comp 2007 Gisborne Shot by Cowps.

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Politics 11 Dec 2007
'I'm an asshole', John Key

A series of clips mixed with a segment from Denis Leary - I'm an asshole.

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Politics 1 Dec 2007
Anti Terror protest turns nasty, racist and aggressive

AUCKLAND CITY — I was disgusted today with treatment by protestors of the media, public and police at today's anti terror protest.

Image from today's Terrorism Suppression Law protest

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Music 21 Oct 2007
Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards - Super Group tribute

AUCKLAND CITY — VNZMA 2007, tribute to the first popular rock song in New Zealand with John Togood, Paul Webber, Shane Carter and Mike Hall.

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Science 28 Aug 2007
Lunar eclipse

A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow.

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Dance 27 Aug 2007
Video - Athlete dances with joy after finishing endurance race

THAMES — Some athletes act like they are drunk after finishing an endurance race, others act like they are high, some just do the chicken dance.

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Culture 23 Aug 2007
Video - A walkabout in Te Papa

WELLINGTON CITY — I spent last weekend in Wellington and was highly impressed with the city and it's citizens.

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Business 7 Aug 2007
Bradford champions ‘High Society’

“I am absolutely delighted to see a New Zealand fashion company making a decision to remain Kiwi Made,” Sue Bradford, Government Spokesperson for Buy Kiwi Made says.

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Rugby 5 Aug 2007
Video - Newlands punches Neemia Tialata

It's a blatant punch on the All Blacks prop, who goes down instantly.

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Entertainment 5 Aug 2007
Video - Sky Tower's Birthday

AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland's Sky Tower was lit up in Gold and Blue on Friday night to celebrate Ten years.

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News 4 Aug 2007
Video - Sky Tower's Birthday

AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland's Sky Tower celebrated 10 years on Friday night by lightiing up  the tower gold and blue.

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Education 1 Aug 2007
Pasifika education doing well, and will continue to improve

The Pasifika community and the government can be congratulated on their progress towards raising educational participation and achievement for Pasifika students, Education Minister Steve Maharey said today.

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Politics 1 Aug 2007
New Zealand and Australian Commissions sign agreement

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has signed a cooperation agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that will make it easier for the two commissions to coordinate activities.

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Employment 30 Jul 2007
Flexible hours law ‘ludicrous’

The Flexible Hours Bill as reported back from select committee today would cause ludicrous outcomes, says Business NZ.

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Traffic 30 Jul 2007
Truck v House

NORTH SHORE CITY — The driver of a rubbish truck has died after the truck he was driving hit a house on Radiata Lane, Birkenhead at about 1.

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Traffic 30 Jul 2007
Crash on southbound motorway not a fatality

WELLINGTON — A crash on the Wellington Motorway near Aotea Quay off ramp which occurred at about 6.40am this morning did not result in a fatality as originally reported.

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Surfing 28 Jul 2007
Spot X New Zealand

This is a spot that we think we where the first to surf in New Zealand.

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Skateboarding 27 Jul 2007
Gizzy Skateboarding Comp and Busk Off

GISBORNE — Gizzy Skateboarding Comp and Busk Off.

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Maori 25 Jul 2007
“Our Pursuit of Justice will never End” says Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia is heartened by news from the Treaty Tribes Coalition that they will next week meet with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to further discuss the Committee's previous recommendation for the New Zealand Government to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed legislation.

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Business 23 Jul 2007
Manufacturing in New Zealand Timeline

New Zealand has a proud manufacturing history.

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Politics 17 Jul 2007
The first of parliament and some satire....

The first ten minutes of New Zealand Live online Parliament along with a little protest.

Say yes to Satire

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Film 17 Jul 2007
The Little Film That Could

DUNEDIN — A short film made on a shoestring budget in Dunedin has made it to Hollywood.

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Politics 17 Jul 2007
2pm start to live parliament

WELLINGTON — Live screening of Parliament begins at 2pm today.

Live coverage - The new anti satire anti free speech rules begin

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Culture 16 Jul 2007
Shoot History Week

AUCKLAND CITY — If you've ever wanted to be remembered, this event is a great way to leave behind an enduring legacy.

Grafton Bridge

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Film 13 Jul 2007
Nothing left to lose

GISBORNE — Another entry from the NZ 48 Hour film festival.

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Weather 11 Jul 2007
Sky Tower has narrow escape in Weather Bomb

AUCKLAND CITY — The Auckland Sky Tower narrowly missed getting toppled last night when a strkie force 10 weather bomb, fired up by MetService to gain more net ratings, hit the top half of the North Island.

Close call

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Media 6 Jul 2007
Photoshop and the tornado

TARANAKI — Photoshop, Making the news real.

Adobe wins again

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Aviation 22 Jun 2007
Scientists simulate jet colliding with World Trade Center

A computer simulation of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, posted on YouTube by Purdue University researchers, shows how hijacked planes crashed through the twin towers, stripping fireproofing materials from the steel columns and eventually leading to their collapse.

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Finance 16 Jun 2007
Washington DC and NZ on same level of GDP

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a convenient way of measuring and comparing the size of national economies.

US GDP vs Countries

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Swimming 11 Jun 2007
So you think your a swimmer...?? Read this and you will find out!!!

I found this on the bebo page of a swimmer i used to coach ..

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Sport 9 Jun 2007
Southern Jet Ski endurance race and wind chill

OTAGO — A couple of short video clips from Lake Waihola, today, where jet ski endurance races were taking place in chilli conditions.

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Weather 8 Jun 2007
Just in case you hadn't figured it out, Winter has arrived.

OTAGO — A strong Southerly has battered the whole country over the last few days causing problems across the South Island and bringing snow to some low laying areas.

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Police 7 Jun 2007
Police investigating firearms incident in Lower Hutt

LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police are investigating a firearms incident that occurred in Dempsey Street, Naenae, around 7pm last night.

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Environment 7 Jun 2007
Minister welcomes new paint recycling scheme

Minister congratulates Resene Paints for showing the way on paint recycling and becoming the first manufacturer to offer nationwide recycling of paint.

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Sport 7 Jun 2007
Labour-led Govt invests in McLean Park's future

NAPIER — Prime Minister Helen Clark today visited McLean Park in Napier to announce that the Labour-led Government will contribute $2.

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Swimming 7 Jun 2007
Christchurch to host 2008 Oceania Aquatic Championships

CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch will host next year’s Oceania Aquatic Championships.

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Search and Rescue 7 Jun 2007
Search for hunter resumes

CANTERBURY — Twenty four searchers and two police dogs will be in the field today to continue the search for missing Ashburton hunter, Corey Foster, assisted by the Defence Force Iroquois.

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Education 7 Jun 2007
New service invests in Waikato youth potential

WAIKATO — Working to make sure that rangatahi reach their full potential.

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Migration 7 Jun 2007
Immigration quality focus balances numbers

It is important that the New Zealand Residence Programme focuses on the quality of migrants and be set at a level in balance with economic conditions.

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Migration 7 Jun 2007
Skilled Migrant Category fine-tuned to deliver more

The flagship Skilled Migrant Category has been fine-tuned to deliver more for the country while still ensuring quality.

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Migration 7 Jun 2007
Active Investor Migrant policy good news for all

New Zealand will be better placed to attract serious investor migrants under the Labour-led government's new Active Investor Migrant policy.

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Traffic 4 Jun 2007
Fatal Crash

KAWAKAWA — Location of incident: Coast Road, Muriwai, West Auckland.

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Traffic 3 Jun 2007
Serious Crash

HELENSVILLE — Location of incident: SH16 Makarau, Rodney District Incident Type: Serious Crash.

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Traffic 3 Jun 2007
Serious Crash

BAY OF PLENTY — Location of incident: Kaimai Ranges - McLaren Falls Incident Type: Serious Crash Temporary Road Closure due to serious crash.

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Traffic 2 Jun 2007
Fatal Accident

MASTERTON — Location of incident: Masterton Incident Type: Fatal Accident At Fatal accident has claimed the life of a 20yearold Featherston Female passenger The crash on the corner of Langdale and Blairlogie Road Masterton District involved serveral vehicles .

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Health 2 Jun 2007
Workplace Health and Safety Council meets

The Council has met for the first time and agreed its priority will be to identify actions that have the greatest impact.

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Politics 2 Jun 2007
Key Notes No. 11

06 June 2007 Tough on crime At the start of the year, I spoke up about the growing underclass in New Zealand, and how living with crime is a reality for far too many Kiwis.

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Conservation 2 Jun 2007
Grahame Sydney landscapes protected forever

ALEXANDRA — The purchase of the 9,165 hectare Michael Peak Station in Central Otago for a conservation park was announced today by Conservation Minister Chris Carter and Minister for Land Information David Parker.

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Diplomacy 2 Jun 2007
Peters to visit Tonga

Tonga's hosting of this year's Pacific Islands Forum, and the kingdom's democratic reform process will be discussed when Foreign Minister Winston Peters makes a one-day visit to Nuku'alofa next Wednesday.

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Court 1 Jun 2007
$272,500 penalty for deceptive claims about Probitas fertiliser

TAURANGA — A fertiliser sold under the brand name Probitas did not offer the benefits claimed.

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Horse Racing 1 Jun 2007
Peters backs racing report recommendations

The racing industry needs to implement recommendations contained in a Department of Labour report on track safety procedures --------------------------------- Racing Minister Winston Peters is urging the racing industry to implement recommendations contained in a Department of Labour report on track safety procedures.

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Corrections 1 Jun 2007
Door to slam shut on contraband in prisons

Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today the Government is to push for a law change to combat the smuggling of contraband into prisons.

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Crime 1 Jun 2007
Man arrested on eight charges of arson relating to Wellington fires

WELLINGTON — On Thursday 31 May 2007 three fires occurred in the Happy Valley Road and Mornington area in quick succession, beginning at approximately 1.

Loactions of suspicious activity

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Education 1 Jun 2007
Launch of Hector's WorldT online cartoons

The launch of Hector's WorldT online cartoon episodes which teach children about internet safety is a fantastic, innovative and unique resource.

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Diplomacy 31 May 2007
End of Fiji's emergency regulations a step forward

The end of Fiji's emergency regulations is a step forward but there is still a long way to go in order to restore democracy.

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Business 31 May 2007
New telecommunications commissioner appointed

Dr Ross Patterson has been appointed the Telecommunications Commissioner and a member of the Commerce Commission.

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Technology 31 May 2007
Wireless broadband spectrum auction in December

The government will auction spectrum in both the 2.

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