Attempts to open lake hampered by conditions
Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:18 pm Press Release: Environment Canterbury 24 June, 2013Attempts to open lake hampered by conditionsHazardous conditions over the last week prevented Environment Canterbury...
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Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:20 pm Press Release: Environment Canterbury 24 June 2013Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meetingThe Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting in Twizel...
View ArticleNominees Selected for Aspiring Leaders’ Forum 2013
Dunedin (Friday 21 June 2013) - After two days of interviews, the panel of judges has selected two young people to attend the Aspiring Leaders Forum in Wellington.Since 2006 the Mayor of Dunedin and...
View ArticleLaid off staff should have been in line for rail work
Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:53 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Iain Lees-GallowayTransport Spokesperson 24 June 2013Laid off staff should have been in line for rail workLabour's Transport...
View ArticleRace Relations - Cover Up or Compromise
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View ArticleChristchurch’s plan change requires complete rethink
Christchurch City Council should put its 'discouraging' City Plan Change 56 on hold so it can start it again with input from the property industry. In its submission to the Council lodged today,...
View ArticleMan found guilty of repeatedly raping abducting teenage girl
A Wairarapa man has been found guilty of repeatedly raping a teenage girl before abducting her to the countryside. A High Court jury today found Michael Lihou guilty of 7 charges relating to the...
View ArticleAaron Gilmore posts political comeback hints on blog
Disgraced National MP Aaron Gilmore won't comment on speculation he plans to run for the soon-to-be vacant Christchurch East seat, when Labour's Lianne Dalziel takes on her bid for the Christchurch...
View ArticleCar crashes backwards down bank
A woman was taken to hospital after her car rolled backwards down a bank in Welcome Bay this morning. Police and ambulance officers were called to the property where the car was wedged in Waikite Rd...
View ArticleSupport meeting after two sudden deaths in small town
A support meeting will be held tonight in Hari Hari on the West Coast as the community comes to terms with the recent sudden deaths of two young women within the space of a week. A 17-year-old South...
View ArticleSafety oversight cause of net roller death - Coroner
Source: Photos.com A Nelson vineyard manager made a tragic safety oversight which led to him being fatally pulled through an automatic net roller, a coroner's inquiry has found. In a decision released...
View ArticleRetired medical professional faces sexual allegations
Source: Photos.com A retired medical professional has been given full name suppression as he faces allegations before the Human Rights Review Tribunal over a sexual relationship he had with a client a...
View ArticleCanterbury lake at highest level in 72 years
Source: Supplied by ECan Canterbury's Lake Ellesmere is at its highest level since 1941 following last week's wild weather. At the Taumutu end the river level sits at 1.74 metres compared with a high...
View ArticleRuakura Development Plan Change Request
On 24 June 2013 we received an application from Tainui Group Holdings Limited and Chedworth Properties Limited requesting a change to the operative Hamilton City District Plan, specifically in relation...
View ArticleMan crushed to death at vineyard skipped safety process
An experienced vineyard manager crushed to death in a machine used to take netting off vines had skipped a fall-back safety process, a coroner ruled today. David John McIntosh was working at Greenhough...
View ArticleRisk over after Akld drug lab scare
Residents of a downtown Auckland apartment building have been allowed to return home after police discovered a suspected clandestine meth lab in a first floor unit.Police stumbled across the apparent...
View ArticleArmed intruders targeted their victims
Photo / Thinkstock The masked and armed intruders who terrorised a West Coast couple last week had targeted their victims, police revealed today. West Coast police area commander Inspector John Canning...
View ArticleTrust denies declining millions for cathedral restoration
Millions offered to restore cathedral 'declined' Land owners of ChristChurch Cathedral say they have not declined a multi-million dollar offer to save the quake-damaged landmark despite previously...
View ArticleElderly urged to be cautious after attack suspects arrest
Grey Power responds to 'deplorable' home invasions (1:18) Elderly people are being urged to remain vigilant following the arrest of a man suspected of a string of robberies in Auckland. Police said...
View ArticleHauraki Gulf seabird community celebrated globally
Our Hauraki Gulf Marine Park is a world seabird hotspot, reveals a new report published by the Hauraki Gulf Forum.The Hauraki Gulf is internationally significant as the breeding ground for 27 species...
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