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Mt Albert site will be high quality: Housing NZ
2014-10-14 08:59:15| Real Estate - Topix.net
Real estate agent Anne Duncan wants the scale and type of development on the Mt Albert site limited. Photo / Chris Gorman Housing New Zealand wants to allay local fears about the development of a big Mt Albert site, saying high-quality places are being planned for the land.
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Sentencing delayed for pilot who pleaded guilty to reckless driving in NZ accident
2014-10-07 03:13:54| Airlines - Topix.net
Benjamin Yonghao Wu pleaded guilty to two charges of reckless driving causing injury after crashing into a four-wheel drive towing a horse float near Rolleston, south of Christchurch on Oct 1. SINGAPORE: Sentencing has been pushed back for a Singapore Airlines pilot who pleaded guilty to reckless driving in an accident in New Zealand that seriously injured two of his co-workers. The New Zealand Herald reported that sentencing for Benjamin Yonghao Wu was delayed until Friday to give the police enough time to speak to the victims and produce statements for the judge before a sentence was decided upon.
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Virgin goes one up on Air NZ
2014-09-05 22:59:22| Airlines - Topix.net
Virgin Australia is going one up on alliance partner Air New Zealand by introducing business class on its trans-Tasman and Pacific Island services from early next year. Virgin Australia will add business class on routes to Wellington, Queenstown, Christchurch and Dunedin as well as to Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands and Vanuatu.
How your computer could reveal what's driving record rain and heat in Australia and NZ
2014-03-26 07:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: 2013 was a record-breaking year for extreme heat in Australia and New Zealand. More than 70% of Australia recorded temperatures above 42°C, with temperatures exceeding 48°C at a number of locations. On 7 January 2013, Australia experienced its hottest day on record with a national average maximum temperature of 40.3°C. Meanwhile, in New Zealand the news at the time was dominated by drought. From January to March 2013, the North Island experienced an average of almost 80 days without rain, far...
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NZ shares fall; Fletcher and Air NZ drop
2014-03-10 11:20:52| Airlines - Topix.net
New Zealand stocks fell as a drop in Chinese exports and producer prices weighed on equity markets across the Asia Pacific region.