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NEW ZEALAND Summer News, Jan 23, 2012

Raggamuffin: Boog-y down to da beat
The Aucklander
He performed gigs in Rotorua and other parts of New Zealand as part of his Sweet Summer Tour early last year. He enjoyed his time in New Zealand and is looking forward to being back when he performs as part of the Raggamuffin 2012 line-up at the ...
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Maserati Grancabrio Sport Arrive in Australia and New Zealand
Fullboost
The Maserati GranCabrio Sport has arrived in Australia and New Zealand just in time for summer, offering more performance, more aggressive responses and a sharper, and, although it may be hard to imagine given the normal GranCabrio's svelte and chic ...
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The great outdoors: What's on in Auckland this summer
New Zealand Herald
By Danielle Wright The sun is finally shining, so it's time to kick-start your outdoor summer. Danielle Wright discovers plenty of ways to make the most of long days. Take up a bootcamp challenge in the outdoors. Photo / Sarah Ivey If you don't like ...
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Grant's Olympic dream shows no signs of fading
Stuff.co.nz
The Olympic Games don't offer a lightweight single sculls event and current world champion silver medallists Peter Taylor and Storm Uru have a mortgage on New Zealand'slightweight men's double sculls berth for London. However, Grant has this summer ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Angus Fogg always in charge
Stuff.co.nz
Kiwis were at the front of both the V8 and Toyota Racing Series as the MotorSport New Zealand Summer Race Championships hit the Timaru International Motor Raceway over the weekend. There was some wild weather during the weekend but fortunately it did ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Mixed weather to continue through February
New Zealand Herald
"Our lack of decent holiday weather this summer isn't due to La Nina - it's due to the weakness of the highs over New Zealand which have failed to not only deliver lengthy dry spells for most regions but have also failed to remain in one location for ...
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A winning formula
Waikato Times
The balmy summer evenings, renovated Victorian homestead, and the quiet little lake it overlooked, all promised what seemed like a slower pace of life to Christine and her husband, David. Today they admit they got more than they bargained for when they ...
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Waikato Times
Summer Do gives heart to art
Whangarei Leader
The Summer Do is an annual week of art tuition which is in its 25th year, making it the longest-running art school in New Zealand. The seven-day or three-day courses are designed to be stimulating, inclusive, intensive and fun.
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Whangarei Leader
NZ youth Winter Olympics Games comes to close
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Hudson is the current New Zealand overall National Giant Slalom and Junior Giant Slalom titleholder and has been heralded as a "rising star" in alpine ski racing. Innsbruck was a terrific continuation of the excellent work done at the firstSummer ...
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Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Off to Milford Sound for a paddle
Otago Daily Times
As the wettest inhabited part of New Zealand, Milford Sound gets on average more than 6m (6000mm) of rain a year. Sunshine can give way to monsoon-type rain in minutes, causing waterfalls to pour from the mountains. Luckily for us, our trip falls in ...
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Otago Daily Times
Tests to determine whale deaths
SunLive
DOC spokesperson Katrina Knill says DOC immediately dispatched staff and equipment to the site and called Project Jonah volunteers and iwi representatives, as well as Maritime New Zealand Rena wildlife response team members to the beach.
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Movie secured for super-city
Times Online - Auckland
AUCKLAND Film Studios has been selected as the New Zealand base for a United States production by acclaimed director Peter Webber. The movie, which has the working title Emperor, is a political drama set after the Japanese surrender at the end of World ...
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Ponting and Hussey survive summer but Haddin's spot in the balance
Sydney Morning Herald
I have seen 'Punter' bat for a long time now, and he is hitting the ball very sweetly, so I think Ricky still has a lot of Test cricket left in him.'' Four years ago, Adam Gilchrist dropped a catch during the last Test of thesummer against India in ...
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Rena tarnishing Bay branding
SunLive
Photo: Maritime New Zealand. “Every time a Rena update is wired around the globe, the negative images pinpointing Tauranga continue to provide constant reminders of why the Bay of Plenty is on the world map for the wrong reasons,” says Paul.
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Thee Oh Sees
Undertheradar
When we get home from New Zealand, we're going to be home for ten days. We're going to be playing on a rock n roll cruise that goes to the Bahamas. After that we're going to go to South by Southwest and then we're going to go to Europe in the summer.
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"'You lived in NZ? You had a job there? Why the f--- did you come back here?"
New Zealand Listener
I came home last summer after ten years away. I lived in Auckland, New Zealand. I came back for the craic. I missed it. I couldn't have picked a worse time. There's not much to laugh about in Ireland, but I have never laughed anywhere the way I laugh ...
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2012 Queenstown Chess Classic ends with three winners
Chessbase News
Thanks to NZ's reversed seasons (which means we are now in summer), players were able to enjoy walks in the mildly chilly mornings. The town shopping centre, park and wharf are all at short walking distance from both the playing hall and the shared ...
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Chessbase News
Redevelopment for a tertiary first
SunLive
What the tertiary partnership hopes for is for it to be the first facility inNew Zealand designed to deliver a university campus experience in a central city partnership – with a polytechnic and a wananga. To succeed, the proposal requires a joint ...
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Walk in the footsteps of a Taranaki legend
Voxy
Now owned and administered by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the people of the region, Hollards is currently in full summerbloom. The property is open all year round and free to visit. Thursday's guided walk begins at 6.30pm at the ...
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FebFast challenge dares Kiwis
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
You can read more about Evolve at www.evolveyouth.org.nz. The ADHD Association, which educates, supports and advocates for people affected by ADHD. FebFast funding will support the development of a substance abuse educational resource for young people ...
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Townley has Woodville in his sights
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Townley arrives at Woodville with a major domestic win under his belt already, having dominated at the annual Whakatane Summercross just after Christmas, his first big event in New Zealand this summer, and that hot form easily makes him the favourite ...
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Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Hunt on for hidden kauri
Northern Advocate
In Northland, there were "immense capsules of time buried in bogs", with some sites showing preservation of kauri in layers of logs ranging from 5000-30000 years old. Mr Palmer is carrying out research for universities in New Zealand and Britain into ...
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January 21-27: Including Kidnap & Ransom and Hell on Wheels
New Zealand Listener
It's been a grim old summer, news-and-weather-wise, so the absence of all the regular current affairs shows could be seen as something of a blessing – a few hours' respite from what would usually be more coverage of the same bad news and weather.
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Saluting the ageless Australian battler
New Zealand Herald
Auckland, defending their HRV Cup title, becoming the first two-timedomestic T20 champions. Actually two. The closing rounds of the Australian Open, and New Zealand's first home test of the summeragainst Zimbabwe, starting on Thursday in Napier.
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The forecast: revs, grace and boom!
SunLive
Does all seem to be particularly peaceful in the summer holidays? Have you wondered what the politicians have been up... Read More Explosions, races, warbirds, jet propelled model aircraft, vintage jet aircraft, aerobatics and static marvels are the ...
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Soul stirring cemetery tours
Hawke's Bay Today
Hawke's Bay Today photographer Warren Buckland and reporter Pippa Brown joined the first of the guided summer walks. Closed in 1917, the 157-year-old cemetery on Napier Hill offers an insight into the life and customs of its passing souls and our ...
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Young brigade do Hawke's Bay proud
Hawke's Bay Today
Even though his men created several chances in the second spell, with Peta equal to the occasion, the London Olympics-bound NZ under-23 coach felt Waitakere still didn't deserve anything from the game, purely because of their shoddy start.
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12 elevators you need to see to believe
Fox News
It stays open late on Saturdays in summer, making it the perfect venue for enjoying a sunset. Bürgenstock Resort,Obbürgen, 011-41/612-9090, buergenstock.ch, tickets are $14 for adults, $7 for children 6-16. SkyView Stockholm, Sweden There is no better ...
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Fox News
Mind games not right for England: Peter Moores
The Nation, Pakistan
"There are normally one or two England players under pressure at any one time because they are not doing as well as other players. "He was going through it in New Zealand a few years ago before he got a big score. "He will be reminding himself of ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
No quit talk from vets
Yass Tribune
AT THE start of the home summer, it would have been a brave punter who tipped Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin to all still be boxing on at Test summer's end. But here they are, about to go into battle in the series finale against India, ...
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Pod of 90 pilot whales beach in New Zealand
DigitalJournal.com
Volunteers keep body temperatures of beached pilot whales from rising at Farewell Spit, New Zealand. Regional conservation area manager John Mason, said: "We generally get one stranding a summer and we occasionally get two, but since I've been here in ...
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DigitalJournal.com
West Memphis Three plays to sold-out Sundance audience
Montreal Gazette
"I got an email from Fran and Peter one summer morning ... and they had sent some funding to help with the case, but they also sent a note that said (is there) anything we can do to help from New Zealand, and I wrote back immediately," says Davis, ...
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Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem
The Guardian
In the summer of 2009, I found myself invited to a small party in an old bourgeois apartment with breathtaking views of the Champ-de-Mars and Eiffel Tower. The gathering was meant to be an informal discussion among media people about Nicolas Sarkozy's ...
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The Guardian
Mission accomplished
IIHF
They were followed by China 9, New Zealand 6, Bulgaria 3 and Turkey 0. Ian Challis, the manager of the New Zealand's team, the Ice Blacks, was impressed by the standard of Iceland's team. “They are one of the better teams I have seen for a long time at ...
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IIHF
Lilac City teen nominated to represent US as student ambassador
Foster's Daily Democrat
Her older brother went to New Zealand as a student ambassador in 2006, she said Thursday, and had an amazing time. Auclair said she now hopes she can follow in his footsteps. She already made it through the interview process, where Auclair was asked ...
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Nobu feeds tennis stars; food trucks hit Melbourne; small bars surge: What the ...
Australian Hospitality Magazine
Cruiseabout brand manager Mark Hodgson said the three mega-liners would add a new dimension to cruising in Australia, providing local travellers with a variety of new holidays in the South Pacific, New Zealand and South East Asia.
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Australian Hospitality Magazine
Epicure's Bites
The Age
Chipotle is so hot right now. Photo: Marina Oliphant THINK Ribena with a kick - the latest range of ciders to hit the bottle-oh this summer. FromNew Zealand, the Nelson-based Old Mout Boysencider marries apple cider with boysenberry wine.
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British woman sets record for solo Antarctic trek
The Guardian
Ashton has previously been involved in expeditions in Siberia, Greenland and the Arctic and in 2009 selected and trained eight women from Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Singapore, New Zealand and the UK and skied 566 miles with them to the ...
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The Guardian
UK Pop Charts for Week Ending January 28, 2012
About - News & Issues
Britain has come rather late to the party where this track is concerned as it has already topped the charts in several European countries as well as in both Australia and New Zealand (the home country of guest star Zimba who shares vocals on the ...
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Summertime blues: This summer's winners and losers - National ...
Tintin has drawn the crowds in this summer. Photo / Supplied. Winners. Movie theatres. The big winners of this wet summer have been movie theatres, where ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1...
Young bookworms join the Summertime Reading Club | Scoop News
The Summertime Reading Club has returned, exciting young bookworms across Christchurch, and helping fill the gap left in children's education left by the ...
www.scoop.co.nz/.../young-bookworms-join-the-summertime-...
Summertime and infants off leash | Otago Daily Times Online News ...
[image]Summer holidays - aren't they bliss? Mmmm. For some people ...
www.odt.co.nz/news/...lakes/.../summertime-and-infants-leash
Some gain on rainy summer - news - waikato-times | Stuff.co.nz
There are financial winners and losers in this summer's weather lottery.
www.stuff.co.nz/.../For-many-rains-a-pain-but-there-are-a-few...
Glamour singer heads Summertime bill | Manawatu-Wanganui ...
Auckland singer Russell Dixon is the glamour boy of Wanganui's variety show Summertime at the Royal Wanganui Opera House next Saturday.
www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/glamour.../1245294/
Summer Report Friday 13 January 2012 - Radio New Zealand
Our aim is to keep you up to date with what's happening around New Zealand and the world, but also to reflect everything that's great aboutsummer time ...
www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/.../20120113
  
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