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New Online Application For Community Funding
09 February 2010 5:28pm | Christchurch City Council
From next week, anyone applying to the Christchurch City Council for Community Funding will be able to submit their application online. The Strengthening Communities Funds and Small Grants Funds will open on Monday 15 February 2010 and for the first time, ... More >>
International visiting Canine Behavourist
09 February 2010 5:12pm | Mild Greens
The politics of Dog are are mainstream again with animal experts calling for improved education of dog owners following several young folk being seriously injured. It is easy to forget that 600,000 dogs never bit anyone today. More >>
Toxic Algae A Risk In Bay Of Plenty Lakes
09 February 2010 5:07pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Warmer weather in the Bay of Plenty has heightened the risk of algal blooms in our local lakes. Water quality monitoring this week has identified low level bloom activity in Lake Rotorua prompting Medical Officer of Health, Dr Neil de Wet, to issue this ... More >>
Community Asked For Pokie Machine Views
09 February 2010 5:04pm | Hastings District Council
Hastings District residents are being asked how they feel about pokie machines in a survey that will help Hastings District Council review its gambling policy. Hastings District currently has 369 pokie machines operating over 25 gambling venues, with ... More >>
Youth Councillors To Get Physical
09 February 2010 5:01pm | Rotorua District Council
The 2010 Rotorua District Youth Council is preparing for the unknown as they kick off their year in office with a training weekend designed to challenge them both mentally and physically. More >>
Vision for Auckland’s waterfront Already Agreed
09 February 2010 4:03pm | Auckland Regional Council
It’s time Auckland got on with developing the waterfront, ARC Chairman Mike Lee said today. “During the current debate around a cruise ship terminal for Queens Wharf, it has been said there must be an agreed vision for the waterfront before ... More >>
Books on the Bus
09 February 2010 3:54pm | Hastings District Council
Hastings District Council and Napier City Council are working together to enhance library services to their communities. A free reciprocal returns service has been launched for Hastings and Napier Library customers. More >>
Waiouru Welcomes Territorial Force Soldiers
09 February 2010 3:47pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Quick thinking, rapid deployment, and long days are what Territorial Force soldiers can expect this week in Waiouru as they undertake their annual week of intensive field training. More >>
Minimum sizes proposed for Manukau apartments
09 February 2010 3:00pm | Manukau City Council
Feedback is wanted on new guidelines aimed at getting good quality apartment buildings in Manukau. Manukau City Council has released the draft Residential Apartment Design Guide and is currently getting feedback to help shape the final guide. More >>
New Concept Fireworks at Nelson Opera in the Park
09 February 2010 1:36pm | BioPaints
The much anticipated finale fireworks display at this Saturday’s BioPaints presents Nelson Opera in the Park in association with Nelson City Council will be a lot quieter, more colourful and more lyrical than ever before. The new site at Tahunanui playing ... More >>
Murder inquiry appeals to Asian communities
09 February 2010 12:26pm | New Zealand Police
Police investigating the January 31 murder of taxi driver Hiren Mohini are appealing to Asian communities for information about a man whose image is on CCTV footage, a distinctive bag with the "Dicon Aibi" logo on it and, for the first time today, ... More >>
Rate increase less than predicted
09 February 2010 12:13pm | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council is finalising its draft Annual Plan for 2011 and will be asking for feedback on it throughout the month of March. The financial estimates and a summary of the plan went to Council today (Tuesday). The full draft plan goes ... More >>
Two Hurt Following Serious Crash In Longburn
09 February 2010 11:35am | New Zealand Police
One driver is in a critical condition and a second was seriously hurt following a crash in Longburn this morning. The crash happened just after 9.00am on Works Road, Longburn. More >>
Man dies following Longburn crash
09 February 2010 11:33am | New Zealand Police
Further to the media release issued earlier this morning about a serious crash in Longburn, Central Distrric police advise that the driver of the Toyota has now died. More >>
Cyclist Is Identified By Police
09 February 2010 11:11am | New Zealand Police
Police have now identified a cyclist who was seriously injured in a crash in Jones Street, Whanganui on Monday night. (8th February) The man is in his 20's and believed to be from Whanganui. More >>
Police Try to Identify Cyclist After crash
09 February 2010 10:03am | New Zealand Police
Police are trying to find out the identity of a cyclist who was seriously injured in a road crash last night (Monday, 8 February), and locate witnesses who saw the car that collided with him. More >>
Auckland Man Wins Million Dollar Home Promo
09 February 2010 9:14am | HMC Communications
Auckland man, Warwick Hutchinson, beat out around 48,000 people from all around the world to win Murray and Michelle Smith’s million dollar Lake Karapiro home. Murray and Michelle Smith gave away their million dollar home for just $25 More >>
Extra funds for North Shore Footpaths
09 February 2010 9:13am | North Shore City
North Shore City Council is pleased to announce an additional $500,000 funding in the 2009/10 year for the replacement and renewal of our city’s most run-down footpaths. More >>
Dog who attacked Gisborne woman destroyed
08 February 2010 5:25pm | Gisborne District Council
A Gisborne woman who spent a week in hospital after being attacked by a neighbour's dog has welcomed the decision to have the dog destroyed. Gisborne District Council has confirmed that the two-year-old great dane/bull mastiff cross was put down on ... More >>
Possum Control Operations On Banks Peninsula
08 February 2010 4:57pm | Environment Canterbury
Possum control operations resume on Banks Peninsula in mid February; the latest phase in Environment Canterbury’s organised ground control programme focusing on 11,000 hectares in the Akaroa Harbour basin. More >>
$2.2m Budget savings to reduce Rates increase
08 February 2010 4:44pm | Hamilton City Council
Recent tough economic times have prompted Hamilton City Council to consider a reduction in its proposed annual rates increase, to relieve financial pressure on ratepayers. More >>
Pasifika Festival expands
08 February 2010 4:43pm | Auckland City Council
New Zealand’s biggest Pacific event, Pasifika Festival, is expanding for 2010, with new events and new locations. More >>
Bikers, scooters gear up for Ride to Work Day
08 February 2010 3:23pm | Motor Trade Association
Hundreds of motorcycle and scooter riders are gearing up all around the country for the ‘MTA Motorcycle and Scooter Ride to Work Day’ on Friday 12 February 2010. More >>
Mother Named in Fatal Crash
08 February 2010 2:31pm | New Zealand Police
A woman killed in a road crash in the Hunterville area early this morning has been named as 35-year-old Miriama Parata from Tauranga. More >>
Any Old Bikes?
08 February 2010 1:41pm | Nelson Media Agency
A couple of the people who help to make the Victory community a winner are on the hunt for bike parts. Karen and Daryl Brandford restore old bikes under the name Victory Recycling and on-sell them at ridiculously low prices. Kids’ bikes start ... More >>
Police lend support to motorcycle event
08 February 2010 1:12pm | New Zealand Police
Police will be showing support for a Motorcycle Ride to Work Day planned for Palmerston North on Friday (12 February) and are hoping to raise awareness of road safety issues. More >>
City’s cultural heart taking shape
08 February 2010 1:10pm | Auckland City Council
With Aotea Square’s makeover due to be completed this year, Q Theatre in development and further upgrades and initiatives imminent, Aotea Quarter, the city’s civic core and cultural heart, is coming into its own. More >>
Bethells Spraying Risks Environment and Community
08 February 2010 11:43am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
The intended helicopter spraying of crack willow with herbicide over 23 ha of wetland at Te Henga, near Bethells Beach, is another example of New Zealand’s use of crude chemical solutions without deep understanding of environmental risks, according to ... More >>
Lowest January Drowning Toll
08 February 2010 11:35am | Water Safety New Zealand
There were nine drowning deaths in New Zealand for January 2010. A significant improvement on the 23 deaths that occurred in for January last year and the lowest number of drowning recorded for the month of January since records began in 1980. More >>
Bringing Issues To Te Tepu – On Maori Television
08 February 2010 10:48am | Maori Television Service
Maori Television’s current affairs show TE TEPU returns to screens on Monday, February 15 at 8.00 PM, showcasing some of the country’s best speakers of te reo Maori. More >>
Beams Lifted Into Place on Railway bridge
08 February 2010 9:56am | New Zealand Transport Agency
24 beams were successfully lifted into place across the final two spans of the North Island Main Trunk Railway bridge overnight on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 February as part of the NZ Transport Agency’s SH20 -1 Manukau Extension project. More >>
Search For Young Girl Underway
08 February 2010 9:48am | New Zealand Police
Porirua and Levin Police and Child Youth and Family departments are looking for 11year-old Hollie HENDERSON-DREW who was last seen at her school in Levin at about 3pm on Friday 5th February 2010. More >>
When Will They Ever Learn?
08 February 2010 9:12am | West Aucklanders Against Aerial Spraying
When Will They Ever Learn? After west Aucklanders suffered 3 years of aerial spraying of Foray 48B for the Painted Apple Moth, another round of aerial spraying is set to begin this week, this time of a herbicide to eradicate Crack Willow in ... More >>
$3 Million Powerball Won in Auckland
07 February 2010 1:03pm | NZ Lotteries
For a second week in a row, a Lotto Powerball player has beaten the odds and won a multi-million dollar Powerball prize, says NZ Lotteries’ Chief Executive, Todd McLeay. More >>
The 'Handbag' Comes Up Trumps
07 February 2010 12:56pm | Black Balloon
There was nothing tinny about Lucy Akers' superb win in the horse grand prix at the Dannevirke A and P Centennial Show today (Saturday). The Palmerston North rider and her horse Tinapai – who she affectionately calls her handbag – blitzed the 15-strong ... More >>
Pither Prevails At Hampton Downs
07 February 2010 12:54pm | NZV8 Ute Racing
Chris Pither made another powerful start to Round 3 of the 2009/2010 NZV8 Ute Series at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park at Meremere today. More >>
Greek Tourist Missing On Mt Ruapehu - Located
07 February 2010 12:09pm | New Zealand Police
At about 9.00pm on Saturday 6 February Police were advised of a Greek tourist missing on Mt Ruapehu. The tourist, a 30 year old male, Marios Symeonidis had become separated from his companion at about 6.30pm and had not been seen since. More >>
Wellington Police On The Sevens
07 February 2010 11:27am | Police Wellington
Wellington Police were very pleased with the behaviour of the crowd at the Stadium for the International Rugby Sevens tournament over the weekend. There was the usual party atmosphere and the crowd enjoyed them-selves. More >>
Owenga Wharf Opened By MP
07 February 2010 11:24am | Chatham Islands Council
Annette King, Member of Parliament for the Chatham Islands, travelled to the islands recently open Owenga Wharf. The rebuilding of the wharf was a massive project for the islands with the transportation of materials and equipment by sea. More >>
Trampers Airlifted From Slip Face In Ruahine Range
06 February 2010 1:53pm | New Zealand Police
At about 10.00am the Police Central Communications Centre received notification of two trampers in difficulties in the Ruahine Ranges. The trampers (a male and a female) had requested Police assistance through a text message to a third party. More >>
Walk For Hector's - 4, 5, 6 March 2010
06 February 2010 1:19pm | WWF
Walk for Hector's is an inspiring and positive community event led by 15 year old Christchurch school student Aescleah Hawkins (Aescleah is pronounced: Ashley) to raise funds and awareness for the protection of New Zealand's endangered Hector's ... More >>
Hunt For Killer Ongoing
06 February 2010 1:16pm | New Zealand Police
A week ago tonight 39 year-old taxi driver Hiren Mohini went to work but never made it home to his family. He was brutally killed in a frenzied knife attack during an eight minute journey with a passenger between Sky City and View Rd, Mt Eden. More >>
Takapūneke Historic Reserve created
06 February 2010 1:00pm | Christchurch City Council
A blessing ceremony was held today to celebrate the creation of the new Takapūneke Historic Reserve in Akaroa. The ceremony marks the return of historically significant land back to the nation in the form of an historic reserve. More >>
Age Group Titles Up For Grabs In Kinloch
06 February 2010 12:24pm | Contact Tri Series
National Sprint Distance Triathlon titles go on the line at Kinloch tomorrow with the U19 and U23 athletes given the opportunity to race shoulder to shoulder with the elites over the 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run distance. More >>
Found Alive And Well
06 February 2010 11:41am | New Zealand Police
Missing 48 year-old Campbell's Bay resident, Grant Atkinson, was found alive and well in Huapai Domain at 8.45 this morning by a Police and Search and Rescue team. More >>
Stakes Go Up As The Silverware Comes Out
06 February 2010 11:20am | Toyota Racing
Auckland schoolboy Mitch Evans took the final test session honours at Hampton Downs today, but the race weekend is wide open as the Toyota Racing Series takes to the track for its first competition outing on the new circuit. More >>
Wellington Police On The Sevens
06 February 2010 11:07am | Police Wellington
Wellington Police were generally happy with the behaviour of fans at the International Rugby Sevens tournament at Westpac Stadium. Twenty Eight (28) persons at the stadium were arrested; these were for a variety of minor offences including fighting and ... More >>
Comment On How Region's Resources Are Managed
06 February 2010 10:51am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Interested in how the Bay of Plenty’s natural and physical resources should be managed over the next 10 years? Now’s your chance to have a say. More >>
Letter To Manukau – Friday, 5 February 2010
05 February 2010 4:30pm | Len Brown Mayor of Manukau
I wish you all the very best for a peaceful and prosperous 2010. This is a bitter sweet year - the last of the civic life in Manukau city as we know it and the first of a united Auckland. The establishment of Manukau city in 1965 was heralded in New ... More >>
Missing Man's Vehicle Located
05 February 2010 3:49pm | New Zealand Police
The police search for Grant Malcolm ATKINSON who is missing from his family home in Campbell’s Bay is now focused on a rural location North West of Auckland. More >>
Earthquake Survivors Afternoon Tea
05 February 2010 2:46pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There has been a good response from survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake who have been invited to a special afternoon tea commemoration on Sunday 14 February. More >>
Lodge Construction Underway
05 February 2010 2:21pm | Cancer Society
The first stages of construction are underway as the new Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society’s Lions Lodge takes shape. More >>
Blessing before demolition at Waikato Hospital
05 February 2010 2:15pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board will acknowledge the past and look to the future at a dawn blessing ceremony next Friday (12 February). More >>
Appeal to Find Missing teen
05 February 2010 12:11pm | New Zealand Police
Auckland City Police are appealing to Pacific Island communities to help locate missing 14 year-old American Samoan girl, Anamarie "Maureen" Saupo [see pic]. More >>
Cell Phone Compliance Dropping In Canterbury
05 February 2010 11:39am | New Zealand Police
Christchurch Police are becoming concerned about the gradual increase in people talking and texting on their hand held cell phones over recent weeks. More >>
Family Man Missing From North Shore
05 February 2010 10:53am | New Zealand Police
North Shore Police say the disappearance of a man from his home in the suburb of Campbell’s Bay is out of character and is considered to be unusual. The man was last sighted by his wife at about 8.00am on Tuesday 2 February 2010 when he departed ... More >>
Lots of interest in community caretaker roles
05 February 2010 10:52am | Gisborne District Council
People who live in small townships surrounding Gisborne are passionate about their place if the response to a call for community caretakers is anything to go by. Gisborne District Council has had interest from people living in all of the nine townships ... More >>
Budgeting book author to visit Hamilton Libraries
05 February 2010 10:46am | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton residents will receive some budgeting pearls of wisdom as part of an upcoming series of author talks at Hamilton City Libraries. More >>
Eat as you drink and be happy at the Sevens
05 February 2010 10:13am | New Zealand Police
Wellington Police say NZI Sevens ticket holders may find themselves in the sin bin if their behaviour is drunken or disruptive to others. With an influx of people expected to travel into Wellington, the Police message to the public is to monitor alcohol ... More >>
Rotorua secures Four Nations rugby league test
04 February 2010 4:34pm | Events and Venues Rotorua
Rotorua’s reputation as a rugby league stronghold is gaining further strength with the announcement today that the city is to host another rugby league test match. More >>
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