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The Palms Shopping Centre will be shouting a free lunch to one lucky school at the start of the second school term, as part of a community driven effort to boost the local happiness factor.

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BAY OF PLENTY — The Te Puke Fire Brigade is stepping up to a tough challenge this year by taking part in the Sky Tower Firefighters Stair Climb.

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BAY OF PLENTY — The strong New Zealand dollar is fuelling the travel bug in the Bay of Plenty as residents take advantage of the exchange rate and head off to tropical locations.

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The Palms Shopping Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, provided entertainment to shoppers in a New Zealand first.

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Not everyone can get to their local shopping centre alone.

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The Board of Directors of AIA Group Limited (stock code: 1299) is pleased to announce record results for the year ended 30 November 2012.

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NZAX-listed auto loan provider GFNZ Group Ltd (Geneva) announced that the moratorium repayment of $4.9 million due on 31 March, will be paid on the 28th February, four weeks ahead of schedule.

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A 12-year-old Auckland soprano is making musical history.

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CANTERBURY — AMP Capital Shopping Centres recently asked 236 respondents in Christchurch a broad range of questions to understand how they combine social media with their shopping experiences.

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AUCKLAND — AUCKLAND WELSH CHOIR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO ST DAVID, THE WELSH PATRON SAINT, IN AID OF HOSPICE NORTH SHORE Auckland Welsh Choir returns to St Joseph’s Church Takapuna for its annual celebration in tribute to St David, the patron saint of Wales.

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AUCKLAND — AMP Capital Shopping Centres recently asked 257 respondents in East Auckland a broad range of questions to understand how they combine social media with their shopping experiences.

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Schools in Auckland and Dunedin have answered an appeal from Cottonsoft to recycle books they no longer need by donating them to learning centres in Indonesia as part of the Cottonsoft Books for Change campaign.

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The tide is coming in at Bayfair Shopping Centre with the installation of a new dedicated children’s play area.

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To help shoppers over the Christmas finish line, Bayfair Shopping Centre is taking the wheel and putting the brakes on one of the holiday seasons major stressors; car parking.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A regular visit for lunch at Robert Harris Café at The Palms has seen one lucky customer drive away with more than a cup of coffee this week.

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Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK) Says Juvenile Rhino Sightings are Good Indicator A unique public-private partnership to conserve the highly endangered Javan rhino will continue for the second year following a signing ceremony in Jakarta.

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Southland community organisations continue to benefit from the generosity of a South Island couple, 27 years after a charitable trust was set up in their names.

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Sculptural painter and video artist Miranda Parkes is the 2013 recipient of the Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award, which is bestowed each year on an emerging painter or sculptor with significant potential.

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AUCKLAND — This holiday season, Botany Town Centre gave local children the opportunity to get on Santa’s ‘nice list’ to spread good cheer and receive an invite to a V.I.C (Very Important Child) party.

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AUCKLAND — Botany Town Centre, in conjunction with SeaLink, are embracing the staycation trend by offering a deserving local family an Ultimate Kiwi family getaway to an island location accessible from Botany’s back yard.

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AUCKLAND — The Golden Door Health Retreat – Elysia, in NSW’s Hunter Valley, is billed as Australia’s premier health retreat.

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Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has received the SVLK timber legality certification on its ninth and final mill, confirming that it meets the highest standards of Indonesian wood legality throughout its entire manufacturing facilities.

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GENEVA FINANCE ANNOUNCES ITS ONE FOR FOUR RIGHTS ISSUE SETTLES IN FULL NZAX-listed auto loan provider GFNZ Group Ltd (Geneva) having successfully placed $1.2m of ordinary shares to Federal Pacific Group Limited (FedPac) in March 2012, advises that its 1:4 rights issue,  raising a further $1.5million of equity has settled.

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MANUKAU CITY — Calling all people of Manukau! If you picked one recipe to best represent the local community, what would it be? Your family chop suey? A burger with all the trimmings? Perhaps your favourite curry? Manukau Supa Centa is on the hunt for tastes that represent the community with the Flava of Manukau competition.

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SANTA GETS SET TO PUT A SMILE ON THE FACES OF CHRISTCHURCH CHILDREN It’s nearly that time of year when good little children of the world wake up to find presents underneath their Christmas tree.

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Visitors to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki have a new acquisition to admire, in the form of German contemporary artist Andreas Gursky’s 2010 large-scale photograph Ocean III.

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BAY OF PLENTY — A Mt Maunganui shopping centre’s sustainability philosophy continues to grow its stake in environmental leadership.

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AUCKLAND — AUCKLANDERS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN SECOND ANNUAL HIKE FOR HUNGER Ready, steady, go is the mentality many philanthropic Kiwis will adopt on 4 November, as they hike for the second year in a row to raise money for the world's hungry.

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AUCKLAND —   There are many great traditions of Wales, and during Labour Weekend 2012 the Welsh Cymanfa Ganu Association of New Zealand Inc, together with the Auckland Welsh Community, are organising a series of typically Welsh cultural activities that will include a Noson Lawen, a Cymanfa Ganu, and a Celebration Dinner.

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BAY OF PLENTY — A shopping centre serves as a place of social purpose; a hub that serves the needs of the local community and provides consistent and good customer service...a place that can be relied on.

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Many charities are reliant on donations from people in their communities to keep them going, and the story of one Tauranga couple illustrates the value of local connections.

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CANTERBURY — It's that time of year when the house is full and the weather is still not quite good enough to send the kids outside for the day.

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CANTERBURY — Did you know that the four key fashion looks this spring are ‘white hot’, ‘ladylike’, ‘sport lux’ and ‘pastel baby’? If not, you need to head to The Palms to pocket some tips on how to make these looks work for you.

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CHRISTCHURCH —   Like any Cantabrian worth her salt, Justine McGuire has spent many Saturday nights watching Canterbury rugby players score tries and win cups for the region.

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Waikato students are being invited to line up for their share of the 2012 distribution from a charitable trust founded by an education-minded Waikato farmer.

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Guardian Trust was yesterday granted a full Trustees and Statutory Supervisors licence by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

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  Shoppers in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui will soon be planting roots to help a new health initiative during World Conservation Week.

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What will the role of the trustee look like in the brave new world of the post-GFC financial services sector? A discussion paper commissioned by trustee company Guardian Trust and drafted by law firm Bell Gully is designed to help generate debate within the industry on this important issue.

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CANTERBURY — The Palms Shopping Centre is making the conversion from team fan to official sponsor by supporting the Canterbury Rugby Football Union's Take a Kid to Footy initiative for the Canterbury ITM Cup.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Tauranga and Mount Maunganui students are being invited to a safe driving exhibition at Bayfair Shopping Centre to test their driving skills in an important learning experience.

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4 July 2012 - Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) today announced that three of its mills have secured SVLK certification, marking the first pulp and paper mills in Indonesia to achieve certification under the country's new Wood Legality Verification System.

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CHRISTCHURCH — It only happens once every four years and the Olympic madness has already set in.

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Over 260 enthusiastic Bayfair shoppers gained their ‘Passport to Style’ during personal styling sessions presented by Signature Style in-centre, between 28 June and 1 July.

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Cookie-creation workshops, jungle masks, stained-glass-window sandwiches .

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BAY OF PLENTY — Bayfair Shopping Centre is inviting shoppers to help strengthen the dunes of Arataki Beach by taking part in the planting of 1,000 native dune plants during the school holidays, as part of a dunes replenishment project.

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Finding clothes that work for you can be confusing – with the various styles, colours, prices, comfort and practicality, the choices can often be overwhelming.

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The Xtreme Entertainment bowling complex on Ti Rakau Drive in Botany has been affected by fire early this morning.

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One of the most valuable and prestigious forms of sponsorship available to New Zealand artists is now open for applications for its next biannual round of awards.

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AUCKLAND — The Auckland Welsh Choir present an exciting and varied mid-winter programme, 'An Enigmatic Connection' featuring music by Elgar and Mendelssohn with other motets and songs for a mid-winter Christmas.

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Kerryn Downey and William Black of McGrathNicol, as Receivers and Managers of South Canterbury Finance Limited (“SCF”) and the remaining nine charging subsidiaries (the “SCF Group”), confirm that the non cash residual assets of  the SCF Group have been sold to the Crown.

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New Zealand operating business not in receivership Hastie Holdings (NZ) Limited (“HHNZL”), the non-operating parent company of Aquaheat Industries Ltd, Hastie New Zealand Ltd and Hastie Services Ltd has today been placed in receivership with Andrew Grenfell and William Black, both partners of McGrathNicol, appointed Receivers and Managers.

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Whether it’s through running marathons or serving his customers, co-owner of Specsavers Botany Town Centre Andy Willmott has a vision – to help people regain theirs.

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Anj Selwood is General Manager Online and her mother Barb Selwood Director of their family’s business, Rapt, which opened with Botany Town Centre 10 years ago and was bought by the Selwoods five years later.

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Tissue and toilet paper manufacturer Cottonsoft has welcomed a raft of new sustainability measures by its Indonesia-based supplier Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP).

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Jakarta - Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has announced its new High Conservation Value Forest policies to evolve APP’s business, including the immediate suspension of natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia.

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Life insurer AIA New Zealand has announced a substantial price change to a major product.

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Anzac Day draws near once more, we stand with hearts bowed low.

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Howick’s Harlequin Musical Theatre gave Botany Town Centre shoppers a taste of great things to come when they burst into song and dance on Saturday.

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An established leader and local man, Simon Carter has recently commenced at The Palms Shopping Centre as Centre Manager.

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For many, Easter is a favourite time of year which presents the opportunity to spend uninterrupted time with family.

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Red wine, grubby hands, greasy workshops and smelly fishing gear all have one thing in common – they are a cleaning nightmare.

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After 11 months in a shared office with makeshift, crammed conditions and Port-a-loos, Christchurch Guardian Trust staff are thrilled to be moving into new premises in Riccarton.

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When a South Island farmer with a big heart passed away in 1980, he left a plan of continued giving in place for the Southland community.

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Dare the world to save the planet – 'I will if you will.' The international theme of Earth Hour 2012 is being embraced by Bayfair Shopping Centre this month.

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First in a series of actions in preparation for session at Rio +20 Today, on UN World Water Day 2012, The Indonesia Water Mandate Working Group is hosting a seminar on ‘Collaborative Actions for Sustainable Water Management in Indonesia’.

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When a bird species or subspecies becomes extinct, what happens to the plants that are reliant on that bird for re-pollination? Most of us never consider the problem, but Kiwi PhD candidate Richard Pender is devoting his doctoral study to examining how endangered plants can reproduce in the absence of their pollinators.

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It has been nearly one hundred years since Anzac troops landed at Gallipoli to fight for their countries in one of the most significant wartime events in New Zealand history.

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The Chiefs Super Rugby team will be visiting Bayfair Shopping Centre this week to meet and greet fans ahead of their match against the Brumbies on Friday 16 March at Baypark.

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There will be no space left unfilled by the time the new adolescent lounge opens at Tauranga Hospital in June.

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In a first for New Zealand, a dedicated pops orchestra is launching this year, and will present a stellar line-up at its premiere performance in March, ‘Follow Your Heart’.

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Life insurer AIA New Zealand is kicking off 2012 by reporting strong annual results.

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Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has just received a copy of a new report from Greenpeace entitled ‘The Ramin Paper Trail’.

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Following the Auckland Welsh Choir’s exhilarating concert last year for St David’s Day, the choir is pleased to return to Takapuna’s St Joseph’s Church for its annual celebration in tribute to St David, Patron Saint of Wales.

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On Saturday 10 March, the annual Botany Community Day will be held at Botany Town Centre.

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Although the rise of digital media and the internet has seen a change in the retail environment, a recent AMP Capital Shopping Centres poll reveals 76% of connected Kiwis still prefer to shop in-store rather than online, with just 24% agreeing that they regularly do their shopping over the internet.

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On Friday 2 March, a collection of the world’s top netball players will descend on the TECT Arena at Baypark for three days of premier netball action when Tauranga hosts the official 2012 ANZ Championship Pre-Season Tournament.

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On Sunday 12 February, more than 600 participants took part in the annual Botany Town Centre Summer Fun Run and Walk.

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One little duck (2) and two fat ladies (88) bang on a drum (71) at the top of the shops (90).

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One little duck (2) and two fat ladies (88) bang on a drum (71) at the top of the shops (90).

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The spirit of giving well and truly descended on Bayfair over the festive season, as shoppers opened their wallets to get local community groups and charities off to a good start in 2012.

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In a summer of only sporadic sunshine, there aren’t many opportunities left for families to be active outside before the autumn leaves begin to fall.

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They say the average person will have between six and seven careers in their lifetime today.

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Christmas can be a stressful time of year for many people; however, for one lucky Mount Maunganui resident the season provided an extra touch of festive cheer to the tune of $30,000, courtesy of the Bayfair Shopping Centre.

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More than $3,800 was raised over November and December for the Howick Lions Club through various festive events held at Botany Town Centre.

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CANTERBURY — Can you juggle while standing on your head? Perhaps you can sing the national anthem backwards or have a musical talent or voice that’s worth sharing with an audience.

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The Palms Shopping Centre in Shirley has closed today following a 5.8 magnitude earthquake and subsequent 6.0 aftershock.

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The world-class Zebrafish Facility at the University of Otago has had another boost from the KD (Kathleen Dorothy) Kirkby Trust administered by Guardian Trust, with a donation of $100,000 to Cure Kids.

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The abolition of gift duty in relation to trusts has generally been well received.

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For 26 years, the charitable trust of a South Island widower has provided financial support to Southland community organisations.

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We rarely consider the planet when purchasing our Christmas presents, so maybe it’s time we started to think of ways to give back to Mother Earth at this time of year.

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With only a couple of weeks until Christmas, Bayfair Shopping Centre is celebrating the gift of giving early, by helping to raise funds for new equipment and furniture that will adorn adolescent rooms at Tauranga Hospital and Whakatane Hospital.

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Spectacular floats, popular characters and a buzz of Christmas cheer ushered in the 2011 Christchurch Santa Parade, and put smiles on thousands of children’s faces.

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CHRISTCHURCH — THE PALMS CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WTH 'THE 12 HOURS OF CHRISTMAS' EVENT Spectacular floats, popular characters and a buzz of Christmas cheer ushered in the 2011 Christchurch Santa Parade, and put smiles on thousands of children's faces.

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The annual mission to spread good cheer is well underway at Botany Town Centre, where the community gathered on Thursday 24 November to enjoy the warmth of giving, the spectacular sight of Christmas lights, and spirit-lifting music and entertainment at the Santa SoupOpera Charity Concert.

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A comprehensive independent survey of people in 15 Asia Pacific nations has found that across the region, people score an average of 61 out of a possible 100 in health living indicators.

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Yuletide-fever is starting to spread as Botany Town Centre, together with the Lions Club of Howick embrace the festive season by hosting the annual Santa’s SoupOpera Charity Concert on Thursday 24 November, which will feature Santa lighting up the big Christmas tree in Town Square and an array of local entertainment.

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