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Rhythmic gymnasts find new family
- 9 Sep 2010
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- Wellington rhythmic gymnasts Lydia Hingston, Ashley Fry and Maddie Lath LYDIA HINGSTON doesn’t dance, act, or juggle – but she does a little of all three as one of Capital Gym’s rhythmic gymnastics team.
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Journalism students have quake covered live
- 9 Sep 2010
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- ON THE Job: Members of the journalism student team, including Grace Cocker, left.
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Wizard of NZ debuts on Plimmerton stage
- 9 Sep 2010
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- WIZARDS OF NZ: Teachers Libby Morris and Angela Rongonui, writers and co-ordinators of the show.
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Rythmic gymnasts find new family
- 9 Sep 2010
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- Wellington rhythmic gymnasts Lydia Hingston, Ashley Fry and Maddie Lath LYDIA HINGSTON doesn’t dance, act, or juggle – but she does a little of all three as one of Capital Gym’s rhythmic gymnastics team.
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Seeking flavoursome gluten-free food
- 9 Sep 2010
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- WELLINGTONIAN Russell Clark (below) used to feel lethargic to the point of almost falling asleep at work – until he stopped eating foods that contain gluten.
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Bangkok gay life inspires short film
- 9 Sep 2010
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- WELLINGTON filmmaker Andy Boreham (right) showed the world you don’t need a Peter Jackson- sized budget or Weta digital effects to showcase your work.
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Local musician’s seventh album in the raw
- 8 Sep 2010
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- By Gordon Barrell Raw is how Wellington blues musician Darren Watson describes his seventh album due for release next month, St Hildas Faithless Boy Watson, pictured above, says the album is raw compared to everything else he has done.
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Power of a four-letter word helps adult literacy
- 8 Sep 2010
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- A FOUR-LETTER word beginning with F wowed the crowd in Cuba Mall this week.
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Marsh wants additional tunnel for eastern voters
- 8 Sep 2010
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- Simon “Swampy” Marsh is staking his political future on getting an additional Mount Victoria tunnel sooner rather than later.
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Cancer-causing chemical tested on Kiwi apples
- 8 Sep 2010
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- DEADLY DIAGRAM: A three-dimensional representation of the deadly chemical tested on NZ apples in the 1960s.
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Roller derby a night of brutal pageantry
- 7 Sep 2010
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- THE RICHTER CITY Shakedown roller derby drew 2,400 fans to watch players with names like Princess Slayer and Scarface Clawdia battle it out at the Wellington TSB Arena on Saturday night.
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Quake puts artist’s inspiration in perspective
- 7 Sep 2010
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- WORLD VIEW: Darryn George and "Pukapuka" AN iconic Christchurch bookshop saved from Saturday’s earthquake inspired artwork in an exhibition at Peter McLeavey Gallery in Cuba St.
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Author goes back in time with St Mary’s book
- 7 Sep 2010
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- MARGARET Deere hopes St Mary’s College women of history have come alive for the students of today through her book Girls in Bonnets.
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Thousands see Japan festival performances in Wellington
- 7 Sep 2010
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- JAPANESE street musicians Chin-don Tsushinsya wowed crowds of around 5000 people at the second annual Japan Festival of Wellington at the city’s town hall over the weekend.
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Tweet, tweet, help – is anyone out there?
- 7 Sep 2010
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- LOOKING AHEAD: Details on the Red Cross website for its new Emergency Social Data Society.
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Roller derby proves a night of brutal pageantry
- 7 Sep 2010
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- THE RICHTER CITY Shakedown roller derby drew 2,400 fans to watch players with names like Princess Slayer and Scarface Clawdia battle it out at the Wellington TSB Arena on Saturday night.
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GE-free NZ in position to feed the world
- 7 Sep 2010
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- NEW Zealand has a unique opportunity to tap into the global organic market, says a global organic expert.
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Blue for men who have died of prostate cancer
- 6 Sep 2010
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- Story: The names of 25 men who have died from prostate cancer were written on blue crosses in Civic Square today.
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Quake puts Christchurch on the world news map
- 6 Sep 2010
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- By Josh Snee, Hanna Butler and Dan Dalgety THE 7.
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People use Trade Me to find quake pets
- 6 Sep 2010
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- AUCTION website Trade Me is overflowing with lost and found animals who’ve fled their Christchurch homes.
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How we’ll hear if quake hits Wellington
- 6 Sep 2010
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- By Sam Guzzo and Alice Petrie VEHICLES fitted with sirens and messages are on standby if an emergency strikes in Wellington.
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Facebook becomes ’safebook’ for big earthquake sufferers
- 6 Sep 2010
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- By Owen Winter, Anita De Muth and Hugh Petersen AS the ground shook and buildings crumbled in Christchurch over the weekend, some people banded together – but online, rather than at civil defence assembly points.
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Huge hunger for top-quality earthquake data
- 6 Sep 2010
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- The Christchurch earthquake has driven millions of visitors to the internet’s authority on New Zealand natural disasters – geonet.
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Students use extra time to help clean up after quake
- 6 Sep 2010
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- Twice as many Christchurch university students plan to help rather than party after Saturday’s earthquake.
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Youth use social media to connect on Chch quake
- 6 Sep 2010
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- CHRISTCHURCH youth were quick to turn to social networking sites to tell their stories after a 7.
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Firefighters worry about Makara amateurs
- 4 Sep 2010
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- By Jonathon Chilton-Towle and Amie Hickland Professional fire fighters are dampening enthusiastic Makara residents who want to do their own fire fighting.
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They are the fourth service and we will remember them
- 3 Sep 2010
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- SEAMEN REMEMBERED: Ian Dymock (left) and Chris Finlayson at the service.
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Vocal crowd debates search, surveillance bill
- 2 Sep 2010
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- ACTIVISTS, lawyers, students, MPs and locals made up a vocal crowd debating the government’s search and surveillance this week.
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Gamblefree Day helping addicts break cycle
- 2 Sep 2010
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- By Russell Palmer and MJ Hicks Gamblers were this week invited to find another hobby – at least for a day – and the challenge appears to be working.
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Local boy fighting Taleban for British
- 2 Sep 2010
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- MAN-AT-ARMS: Private Howard on patrol in Southern Afghanistan Fighting the Taleban beckons British soldier John “Jack” Howard, who is in his last week of leave back home in New Zealand.
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