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INVERCARGILL — The Subway-Avanti Pro Cycling team were battered and bruised after stage two Powernet Tour of Southland this afternoon.
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INVERCARGILL — Hayden Roulston is in yellow after his Calder Stewart BikeNZ team won the opening team time trial at Powernet Tour of Southland this morning.
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INVERCARGILL — The Subway-Avanti Pro Cycling team were second in the opening team time trial at the Powernet Tour of Southland this morning.
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New Zealand’s first dedicated road cycling magazine hits the streets from today.
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Ian Smallman, from The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling team, won New Zealand’s longest one day cycle race, the 204 kilometre Gwaloop Challenge, in Gisborne on Saturday.
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Hayden Roulston hopes the inclusion of controversial American cyclist Floyds Landis in this year’s Powernet Tour of Southland will not have a negative impact on the event.
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AKAROA — Banks Peninsula tourism operator Black Cat Cruises will have a passenger from its first cruise when the company celebrates 25 years in business tomorrow on Akaroa Harbour.
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The Subway-Avanti Pro Cycling team are focused on a win in this Saturday’s final round of the Benchmark Homes Series, the 142 kilometre KPMG Oxford Grand Prix.
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Hayden Roulston is relieved the efforts Calder Stewart Industries and BikeNZ means Pro Tour riders can race in this year’s Powernet Tour of Southland.
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Being sick did not stop Hayden Roulston from collecting silver in last night's Commonwealth Games 168 kilometre road race.
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The Subway-Avanti Pro Cycling team have named a strong line up to tackle the Powernet Tour of Southland early next month.
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The Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team tasted success across New Zealand at the weekend with wins on both islands.
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In a display of dominance Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team won all three jerseys at the Air France Tour of New Caledonia.
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Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team won today’s individual time trial and took the leader’s yellow jersey in this afternoon’s individual time trial at the Air France Tour of New Caledonia.
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Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team is confident he can take the leader’s yellow jersey in this afternoon’s individual time trial at the Air France Tour of New Caledonia.
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Hayden Roulston wants to race for New Zealand in the Commonwealth Games and is confident New Zealand team officials will make decisions in the best interests of the team.
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As summer approaches, New Zealand home owners are again poised to make their blind contribution to the further destruction of the world’s ancient forests a Christchurch based timber supply company says.
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CANTERBURY — The Warmup Cycling team has named seven riders keen to consolidate its position at the top of the category two points table in this Sunday’s sixth round of the Benchmark Homes series in Canterbury.
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CANTERBURY — Free trips for life are on offer from Banks Peninsula tourism operator Black Cat Cruises who are searching for passengers from their first trips in October 1985.
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Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team closed the gap on the leader’s yellow jersey with an impressive display of climbing to win stage seven of the Air France Tour of New Caledonia this afternoon.
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A flat tyre in the final kilometres meant Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team had to settle for second on stage six of the Air France Tour of New Caledonia yesterday, but he consolidated his position overall in the tour’s top three.
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Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team won his third stage yesterday to move into the top three overall at the Air France Tour of New Caledonia.
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Joe Cooper from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team won his second stage of the Air France Tour of New Caledonia this afternoon.
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Nick Lovegrove from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team leads the Air France Tour of New Caledonia after two days of racing.
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Hayden Roulston pulled out of stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana last night.
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Subway – Avanti’s Michael Vink has been selected in the New Zealand cycling team for the road cycling world championships being held near Melbourne later this month.
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Subway – Avanti’s James Williamson is clinging to a slender lead at the Tour of the Murray River in Australia today after surviving intense pressure in a fiercely-contested criterium on stage five of the event.
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Hayden Roulston was part of a winning HTC-Columbia team in opening team time trial of the Vuelta a Espana last night.
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Untouched World has won a prestigious international iF design award for its merino based cycle clothing range launched late last year.
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Hayden Roulston hopes the knee he injured racing in Italy over night will not stop him racing in the Spanish Grand tour, the Vuelta a España, in ten days time.
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CANTERBURY — James Williamson from the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team won the fourth round of the Benchmark Homes elite road racing series in Canterbury yesterday.
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CANTERBURY — Banks Peninsula tourism operator Black Cat Cruises is a finalist in the DOC Conservation in Action category in Action in this year’s Tourism Industry Awards.
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CANTERBURY — The Warmup Cycling team is keen to consolidate its category two lead in this Sunday’s fourth round of the Benchmark Homes series in Canterbury.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A tough tour in China last month means The Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team is well primed for this Sunday’s fourth round of the Benchmark Homes series in Canterbury.
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Hayden Roulston won the last stage of the Tour of Denmark in style last night, dedicating his win to his young son Moses.
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Hayden Roulston has signed to race with the Calder Stewart Industries team at this year’s Powernet Tour of Southland.
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Hayden Roulston gets the second half of his season in Europe underway with his team HTC-Columbia at the San Sebastián Classic this Saturday in Spain.
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Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team member Joe Cooper was amongst the action early on the final street circuit stage of the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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The Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team performed well in heavy rain and cool temperatures on stage five of the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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The majority of the Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team finished in lead bunch after another testing day on stage four of the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team members Joe Cooper and Eric Drower were part an early break on stage three of the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China, before eventually finishing 19 minutes behind Iranian strongman Ghader Mizbani of the Tabriz Petrochemical team.
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Food and altitude illness is having its affects on team members of The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team racing in the highest cycle race in the world, in the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team have plans to make an impact with a stage win in the highest cycle race in the world, the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team have signed former New Zealand rower Ian Smallman to race in this month’s Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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INVERCARGILL — YMCA Education defended its Harrex Corporate Pursuit title breaking its own record in the event’s finals held in Invercargill today.
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INVERCARGILL — The YMCA Education team and the Police Five 0’s will be the teams to watch in the Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit finals being held in Invercargill on Sunday.
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AKAROA — Popular children’s television show What Now has enlisted the help of Black Cat Cruises to help with its hunt for a new presenter.
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Hayden Roulston has missed out on racing in this year’s Tour de France, but is determined to turn his disappointment into a positive.
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INVERCARGILL — Two teams smash records in corporate pursuit time trials Media release 18 June 2010 YMCA Education and Police Five 0’s both broke the record in the Harrex Corporate Pursuit grading time trails held in Invercargill tonight.
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INVERCARGILL — Record entries have resulted in 34 teams in the Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit cycling event which starts tomorrow night with grading trials.
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The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team are thrilled to have the vastly experienced Graeme Miller managing the team at next month’s Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.
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Hayden Roulston is back in action for his team HTC-Columbia at the Tour de Suisse which starts this Saturday in Lugano, Switzerland.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — Joe Cooper fought off former Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team mate Gordon McCauley to win a wet and windy Tour of Taranaki which finished today.
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BANKS PENINSULA — Black Cat Cruises dolphin swimming staff took hundreds of photos over the summer as part of an internal company photo competition that may see the winning image feature in future promotional material for the company.
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The Warmup Cycling team has named a roster of five riders for the third Benchmark series race of 2010 being held this Sunday, and are focused on earning bonus points.
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The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team has six riders entered in this Sunday's third round of the Benchmark Homes Tour being held on the challenging 133 kilometre Hamner Springs to Kaikoura course.
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Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team’s Michael Vink rode away from the field on the last stage to secure a win in the MCB Tour in France at the weekend.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Banks Peninsula tourism operator Black Cat Cruises has lived up to its clean green image by achieving Qualmark Enviro-Gold status.
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Hayden Roulston is focused on his health and building up to the Tour de France as he has struggled to fight off illness since his top 10 finish in last month’s gruelling Paris-Roubaix in northern France.
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HASTINGS — Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team’s Matt Gorter feels confident he can perform well in tomorrow’s RaboPlus National Club Championships elite road race, being held near Hastings, after strong recent results.
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INVERCARGILL — Record entries have resulted in 33 teams being confirmed in Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit cycling event being held in Invercargill in late June.
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Gordon McCauley has left the Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team to focus on winning a medal in the individual Time Trial at this year’s Commonwealth Games being held in India in October.
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AKAROA — A sighting of the world’s largest animal, a very rare Blue Whale, off the Canterbury coast today highlights the most active period of whale sightings for many years according to local cruise operator Black Cat Cruises.
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The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team had podium finishes in two major events over the weekend and consolidated its lead in the RaboPLus National Points Series.
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GREYMOUTH — Shane Archbold had his biggest win on New Zealand soil winning round five of the elite RaboPlus National Points series race at Around Brunner today.
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GREYMOUTH — West Coast Labour MP Damien O'Connor and Classic Hits breakfast host Phil Lemon are joining the 1200 riders in the in Around Brunner Cycle ride tomorrow in support of Heart Children New Zealand.
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GREYMOUTH — The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team heads to the West Coast of the South Island for two events this weekend it is determined to make its mark on.
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GREYMOUTH — Former world Champion Hayden Godfrey is the latest big name to enter the Around Brunner elite road race this weekend.
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INVERCARGILL — Less than two weeks after entries opened, interest is already high in Cycling Southland's Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit being held in June.
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GREYMOUTH — Looking for a different challenge and some fun a West Coast couple riding a Unicycle are amongst the 1100 riders doing the Around Brunner Cycle event on the West Coast this Saturday.
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MORRINSVILLE — The Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team filled the top three spots as it dominated Saturday’s 160 kilometre Kaimai Cycles 1000 road race in the Waikato region.
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Hayden Roulston fought off the flu to finish 10th the gruelling Paris-Roubaix cycling race, dubbed The Hell of the North, that features 52 kilometres of cobblestones in northern France.
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Wanaka's Jossi Wells being named the world's best freeskier and Paralympic skier Adam Hall winning gold at this year’s Winter Paralympic Games are a huge boast for New Zealand’s winter snow sports industry according to their New Zealand based sponsors.
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MORRINSVILLE — Increasing the lead of two of their riders in the RaboPlus National Point Series is the focus of the Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling team in this Saturday’s 160 kilometre Kaimai Cycles 1000 road race in the Waikato region.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Plans for a floating Hotel and 18 hole championship golf course in Lyttelton Harbour have been announced this morning by Black Cat Cruises.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Michael Vink's breaking of Brian Fowlers 16 year old time trial record was a highlight of the Christchurch Time Trial association's summer season that ended last night.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Missed opportunities is how Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling team Manager Greg Hume labelled the teams efforts after competing in Marlborough’s Grape Ride and the first Round of the Benchmark Homes Series in Nelson over the weekend.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Black Cat Cruises is giving away thousands of Easter eggs next weekend as part of an Easter egg hunt on Quail Island.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Warmup Cycling team has named a roster of five riders for the first Benchmark series race of 2010 being held in Nelson this Sunday.
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AKAROA — Michael Vink signalled his is in fine form to start his first overseas contract next week storming home to win the 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race cycle race in record time today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Former world champion Hayden Godfrey is a late entry for Le Race after missing selection in the New Zealand track team for next week’s UCI World Track Championships in Denmark.
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AKAROA — Leading Australian professional cyclist Carla Ryan has been joined by five time National road cycling champion and Commonwealth Games medallist Gordon McCauley as entries build for Le Race being held on Saturday 20 March.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Leading Australian professional cyclist Carla Ryan has entered the Christchurch to Akaroa cycle event Le Race on Saturday 20 March.
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In conditions more like the Tour of Southland Hayden Roulston finished fourth in the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne classics race in Belgium yesterday.
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CHRISTCHURCH — An online auction of some of the best travel activities in the South Island has been organised by Black Cat Cruises to support fifteen year old Christchurch school girl Aescleah Hawkin’s campaign to raise awareness and funds for the endangered Hector’s dolphin.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Fresh from stepping off the plane kiwi cyclist Hayden Roulston starts his European season this weekend at the Spanish stage race la Ruta del Sol.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A unique chance for recreational cyclists to rub shoulders and ride with New Zealand’s top professionals, including Tour de France podium winner and double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston, the day before they do battle in the RaboPlus National Championships, is offered in the SKINS Grand Prix on Saturday.
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NELSON — Wearing his new Columbia HTC Professional team colours for the first time Hayden Roulston won Nelson’s Tour de Vineyards as part of his preparation for this Sunday’s RaboPlus Elite National Road Race and the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Looking for a way to keep busy and motivated by messages on social networking site Facebook, young cyclist Hendrik Bakker rode for over 17 hours on Tuesday completing the iconic Christchurch Long Bays ride six times, riding over 430 kilometres.
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NELSON — Double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston has entered Nelson’s Tour de Vineyards as part of his preparation for the RaboPlus Elite National Road Race and the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Leading New Zealand clothing company Untouched World believes the launch of its new Ethical Performance Cyclewear range will change the face of cycle clothing.
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Official statement 11 December 2009 Following is an official statement from Hayden Roulston about the axing of the individual pursuit from the track cycling programme of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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TAURANGA — Edouard Devenoges of the Tauranga Gliding Club has set a New Zealand speed record in the “World Class” gliding division.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston is recovering well from injuries sustained in the PowerNet Tour of Southland early last week.
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INVERCARGILL — Following is an official statement from Hayden Roulston outlining his withdrawal from the PowerNet Tour of Southland.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Hector's dolphin is as Kiwi as the Kiwi and a Canterbury Cruise and Wildlife company says it is fantastic news to see Hector's dolphins named in a drive to promote wildlife tourism and conservation In New Zealand.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Internationally renowned hearing loss expert Dr.
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Listing properties not for sale is the drive behind a new online initiative called Tickle Me.
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Christchurch going quiet for one minute on Wednesday the 14th of October in the hope of raising awareness about the dangers of hearing loss is the aim of organisers of the city’s first Hearing Awareness Day on October 14.
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Heavy snow falls this winter has meant very dangerous back country conditions for skiers and snow boarders that have resulted in three deaths, but importers of an Avalanche Airbag System say the best survival technique in an avalanche is not to get buried in the first place.
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