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Air Force Orion searches for missing boatie - TVNZ -
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Air Force Orion searches for missing boatie
TVNZ A search has continued on Wednesday morning for a missing yacht, The Tafadzwa, off the North Island's East Coast. Paul Van Rensburg left Tauranga on his yacht on Friday morning but he's so far failed to arrive in Gisborne, where he was due on Monday. … Air Force joins search for yachtie Update on search for missing yacht Yachtie missing after storm |
Charles in charge - New Zealand Herald -
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Charles in charge
New Zealand Herald Charles Chauvel says he said once on the flight that he wished the children would shut up. File photo / Supplied It is apparently easier for the media to alight on a story of MP Charles Chauvel telling a child to "shut up" on a flight … Would you complain on a plane? Kids on planes Children irk MPs |
Disruptions for Wellington commuters - Stuff.co.nz -
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Disruptions for Wellington commuters
Stuff.co.nz Commuters on trains and in cars faced delays on a wet Wellington morning, with road accidents and rail faults causing disruptions. Police communications spokesman Cameron Pentecost said a nose-to-tail accident southbound … Wellington commuters delayed Tranz Metro trains up to 40 minutes late |
Green party candidate and scientist dies - TVNZ -
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Green party candidate and scientist dies
TVNZ A paua diver drowned in southern Hawke's Bay on Tuesday has been named as former Green party candidate and scientist Bevan Tipene-Matua. Tipene-Matua, 40, was collecting the shellfish at Blackhead Point to feed workers renovating the Rongomaraeroa … Former Green candidate dies diving for paua Diving death for Green Party member Green supporter dies on paua dive |
Sexually harassed gay man sets $15k payout - Gay NZ -
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Sexually harassed gay man sets $15k payout
Gay NZ By GayNZ.com Daily News Staff - 17th March 2010 A restaurant manager who lasted only three weeks in a job where he was continually harassed with anti-gay comments by his boss has been awarded almost $15000. The man, who worked at the El Centro … Man sexually harassed at work gets $15k |
Residential property
It’s hard labour to own a house - The average Kiwi has to work nearly three times harder to pay off the average house than they did 50 years ago.Figures compiled by Bernard Hickey of interest.co.nz show that to pay for the average home of $350,000, someone on…
Lots of houses, not enough buyers - New Zealand is awash with unsold houses which could take nearly a year to clear.The Institute of Economic Research’s principal economist, Shamubeel Eaqub, said Real Estate Institute figures out yesterday showed the market had…
Shortage fuels house price rises - SYDNEY: Australian home prices will keep rising due to a building and land shortage, according to a unit of the Property Council of Australia.About 200,000 homes are needed to make up for shortfalls from past years, in addition…
