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NEW ZEALAND Summer News, Mar 12, 2012

Scoles breaks his title drought
Cyclingnews.com
Matt Walker (New Zealand) set the benchmark time from a deep seed position, and Wyn Masters (New Zealand) locked in his best result of thissummer with a third. Only New Zealand's Matt Scoles had the pace to better Walker's time.
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A pleased Spencer looks forward to next campaign
Manawatu Standard
FLAMEOUT: Auckland's Angus Fogg wrapped up the New Zealand V8s championships at Taupo at the weekend. Palmerston North's NZV8 utes driver Geoff Spencer probably had his bestsummer despite having finished fifth in the series previously.
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Manawatu Standard
Horgan wins tour of Canterbury
Voxy
"I'm really keen on a good time trial result in Queenstown at the Oceania Champs; that has been a target of mine all summer." Horgan was never far from the front of the race at the weekend's tour. He was part of a four person break away on stage two ...
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Slow start for accommodation
The Southland Times
January was a slow month for hotels, motels, backpackers and holiday parks, with total guest nights down by 4.2 per cent, or 183000, to 4.2 million compared with the same month last year, Statistics New Zealand says. Canterbury suffered the worst fall ...
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NZ's biggest bike race getting bigger
Voxy
The Cemetery Circuit event is one of New Zealand's biggest bike races, an iconic event on the Kiwi race calendar, a spectacular one-day show that attracts many thousands of race fans each summer and also lures top-class motorcycle racers from ...
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Cricket: Bowling coach backs struggling Southee
Otago Daily Times
Out-of-sorts seamer Tim Southee has received strong backing from New Zealand's bowling coach Damien Wright, but a less rousing endorsement from his captain. In his four tests thissummer, Southee has taken seven wickets at 55.85 runs apiece.
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Otago Daily Times
Slow start for accommodation
Stuff.co.nz
January was a slow month for hotels, motels, backpackers and holiday parks, with total guest nights down by 4.2 per cent, or 183000, to 4.2 million compared with the same month last year, Statistics New Zealand says. Canterbury suffered the worst fall ...
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Wheeler eyes bowling return
Stuff.co.nz
It's been a tough, frustrating 12 months for Ben Wheeler, but thistime he's hoping to be back at the bowling crease for good. Plagued by injury, the 20-year-old Marlborough left-arm quick not only had to come home early from the New Zealand A squad's ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Fighting Dion slams Northland
Reseller News
By Darren Greenwood, Auckland | Tuesday, 13 March 2012 Not only does he run the appropriately-named SlamIT in Whangarei, McCracken is also New Zealand's top authority in wrestling and a black belt senior instructor in Taekwondo.
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Player ratings: Black Caps v South Africa - 1st test
New Zealand Herald
Reliable in the field and made solid bowling decisions as captain. Another failure means the young ND batsman has averaged just 14.5 runs in this last six innings. Time to worry? Once again a valuable knock when New Zealandneeded it.
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England confirmed as top Test side
Voxy
England has secured top spot in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table at the 1 April cut-off date, after the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa ended in a draw in Dunedin on Sunday. This is the first time, since the current rankings ...
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Sailing right around the globe
Travel Agent
Just over a month into your adventure, you'll reach New Zealand in time for itssummer. There's the “City of Sails”, Auckland, the art deco delight of Napier and the cultural hotspot of Wellington to explore — along with some great wine and truly ...
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Weather keeps mountainbikers guessing
Voxy
Matt Walker (Kawerau) set the benchmark time from a deep seed position, and Wyn Masters (New Plymouth) locked in his best result of this summer with a third. Only Alexandra's Matt Scoles had the pace to better Walker's time. Scoles, who raced a quality ...
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Police sure body is Emma Campbell
Southland Times
"[The family] wish to express their thanks to the New ZealandPolice, to friends and the wider community for the incredible generosity and support over the last two years. The family request that their privacy be respected at this difficult time," he ...
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Southland Times
Airlines forced to run on empty
Herald Sun
WHEN former Qantas chief economist Tony Webber made an off-the-cuff comment over summer suggesting overweight passengers be slugged a fuel levy, the story went viral. It showed the public's heightened sensitivity to discrimination on any basis.
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Voyce, Hart win national titles
Nelson Mail
The race, sanctioned as the official New Zealand multisport championships, saw titles in age-group categories up for grabs, as well as the overall title of multisport national champion. The main race competitors started with a 2.5km trail run, ...
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Nelson Mail
Tourism chief sets new challenges
The Daily Post
But it will not be an easy year, following a summer that was "patchy, at best". "There are issues swirling around, particularly our ability to attract more of the international visitor spend. This is a New Zealand issue as well as a Rotorua issue.
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Looking into the man behind the miracle at Loftus
New Zealand Herald
Yesterday, he overshadowed the Springbok ace Morne Steyn and, as in the NPC, displayed a knack of being in the right place at the right time. Lam has stumbled upon the answer to his misfiring team (Hobbs would probably have started again had a personal ...
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Super D
Cyclingnews.com
A wide range of racers were represented, with several of New Zealand's top cross country athletes getting a chance to stretch their legs against some of the areas best trail riders and downhillers before racing the cross country.
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Car Companies Betting on More Natural Gas Vehicles
Investment U
But by this summer, drivers could spend more money filling up their Toyota Prius than their Ram 2500 Heavy Duty truck, Chevrolet Silverado, or GMC Sierra 2500 Heavy Duty pickup. That's right. In the newest version of the Ram 2500 HD – coming out this ...
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Investment U
Scottish Cup: Motherwell 1 Aberdeen 2
Scottish Daily Record
The New Zealand hitman's first-half goals were enough to seal the win but the Steelmen will rue Michael Higdon's penalty miss and assistant referee Alasdair Ross's poor decision to award the Dons a corner which led to Fallon's vital opener.
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The best 50 cricketers in Australia
BigPond Sport
The end of the summer is the perfect time to re-evaluate where Australian cricket is at, so we at BigPond Sport have put our heads together to rank the top 50 cricketers in the country. After coming up with an initial list at the start of the summer, ...
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BigPond Sport
Wacker leader is excited over role company playing
Cleveland Daily Banner
“It is for a limited time,” he said. The Wacker manager also gave the club a look into his personal life. Bachhuber showed pictures of his family and areas they had visited including Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Bali and others.
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Xero'ing in on your personal finances
Interest.co.nz
I've done this exercise before, when I did a similar thing with sorted.org.nz'sbudgeting and money tracking software, but not with the same degree of precision. Although I was silently cursing the whole time, I appreciate now how valuable this part of ...
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Scoles, Smith & Goodwin Oceania Champs
Pinkbike.com
by John Colthorpe The largest field of entrants this 2012 summer took on the Whaka Downhill course for the afternoon race. Seeding showed that the Australian challenge was going to be the strongest in the Junior U19 Mens race, and that is exactly the ...
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Miami Beach board game company expanding, adding new items
MiamiHerald.com
Poses is turning fun into financial gain, as his 15-year-old company is poised to double its sales volume, with expanded distribution of new games, and, for the first time, puzzles and picture frames. Awkward Family Photos, created through a licensing ...
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Peruvian capital Lima and other Southern Hemisphere cities host World Naked ...
road.cc
The city, enjoying late summer temperatures of around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, was hosting its naked cycle ride – in Spanish, Ciclo-Nudista – for the seventhtime, with up to 500 riders, many with slogans painted on their bodies, participating to ...
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Warriors coach Lineen aims to leave on a high
Glasgow Evening Times
SEAN LINEEN has vowed he give his all to guide Glasgow to the RaboDirect Pro 12 play-offs before his summer departure from Warriors to take up a development role with struggling Scotland. The 50-year-old will take up a new role as head of player ...
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Global Recession Fallout Intensifying in China; Commodity FX At Risk
Inside Futures
The most compelling evidence for this structural shift comes from the weekly USD/JPY chart which shows the market closing back above the Ichimoku cloud for the first time since the summer of 2007. While short-term studies are looking a little stretched ...
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Low-alcohol beers: Take a walk on the mild side
Washington Post (blog)
Boston Beer Co. is releasing a new beer, Samuel Adams Belgian Session, as part of its summer variety pack due out in April. This hazy, amber-colored ale has a gentle toffee flavor up front and finishes with the sharper herbal and citrusy notes of a ...
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Warren Gatland's 'honesty' has Wales looking beyond grand slam
The Guardian
After losing to the 2011 finalists in New Zealand in October, it would seem like adding an unnecessary edge to an already pressurised situation but Edwards said Wales aim to keep the points conceded below the 2008 level of 66 – which leaves them 17 in ...
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The Guardian
How Hulu Is Becoming a Testbed for New TV Shows
Mashable
Fremantle's senior VP of acquisitions Jeff Tahler told me via email that the English-language markets like the UK, Australia and New Zealand could be good homes for Hulu content. “But we expect to sell well beyond those,” he added.
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Indian teachers have a tough time finding jobs to teach the language abroad ...
Mumbai Mirror
The centres are Cambridge University certified and the full-time course spans four weeks - 120 hours of training input and teaching practice; candidates can expect to put in another 80 hours on lesson preparation and written assignments.
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England confirmed as number-one ranked Test side
Stabroek News
... April cut-off date, after the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa ended in a draw in Dunedin today. This is the first time, since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003, that England has topped the table at the cut-off date.
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Meet Your Merchant: Raising a glass to a unique pairing of business owners
Sierra Sun
“She (Kopley) has the ability to be in 20 places at one time, and I don't think anyone can multitask better than Kali can,” Metcalf said of her business partner. “I'm more of structured person and I tend to be more methodical about what I do.
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That Was The Young Guns Week That Was...
Vitalfootball
A great time to score and it lifted everybody`s spirits! The Clarets were now in determined mood and came out firing on all cylinders for the start of the second- half. Within a minute we got our noses in front with the New Zealandkid, ...
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EU-New Zealand Cooperation In Research And Innovation: Recent Achievements And...
eGov monitor
FP7's total budget for the years 2007 to 2013 is 55 billion Euro (88.5 billion New Zealand Dollars) and this summer we will have the last round of calls for proposals, worth around 10 billion Euro (or 16.1 billion New Zealand Dollars).
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Return of Wally but Red alert
The Sun
At least he could reflect on a successful comeback following the nightmare injury which ruled him out of last summer's World Cup in New Zealand. Wallace said: "From my point of view, I was delighted to get 25 minutes under my belt.
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The Sun
China Trade Data Acts As Catalyst for Early Week Risk Off Price Action
DailyFX
The most compelling evidence for this structural shift comes from the weekly USD/JPY chart which shows the market closing back above the Ichimoku cloud for the first time since the summer of 2007. While short-term studies are looking a little stretched ...
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Tom Rees forced to retire due to knee injury
The Independent
"I'm gutted that I have been forced to retire at a time when I feel I could have contributed so much more to my club," Rees said. "While I'll always think what might have been, I'll also look back on my career and what I achieved with a great deal of ...
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İlham, Aslı put Turkey on world athletics map
Sunday's Zaman
Aslı, who won the 1500-meter gold at the 2011 Summer Universiade in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, was banned for two years on Sept. 22, 2004, for testing positive. Also on Saturday, Justin Gatlin won his first title since returning from a four-year ...
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Rand stays soft
Independent Online
At 15:42 local time, the rand was bid at R7.5636 to the dollar from its previous close of R7.5458. It was bid at R9.9225 to the euro from R9.8815 before, and at R11.8189 against sterling from R11.8535 previously. The euro was bid at US$1.3127 from its ...
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Independent Online
My fondest memory of Rahul Dravid
Cricketnext.com (blog)
The first was in the summer of 2008, when I walked up to the NCA in Bangalore in hope of meeting him there, for the research of my book on India's captains. He was gracious enough to grant a novice his first-ever interview, a 40-minute conversation ...
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Robinson future in doubt as Irish plan St Pat's party
The Independent
Scotland have now lost their four Six Nations matches this season, and 11 of the 14 (with one draw) they have played under Andy Robinson since he became head coach in summer 2009. If the hiring and firing of these people is your thing, ...
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Australia and NZ's daylight saving ends April 1
Daylight saving time (DST) in Australia and New Zealand begins at 2am local time, when the clocks move forward to 3am (03:00), on Sunday, April 1, 2012.
www.timeanddate.com/news/.../australia-nz-end-dst-2012.html
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