Wednesday, April 16, 2008

School community reeling after tragedy

A small Auckland school and its community is reeling following the deaths of six students and a teacher on an outdoor education trip in the central North ...

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Twins' mother told off father for missing hospital turnoff

Macsyna King, 31, a painting contractor, is giving evidence for the second day in the High Court at Auckland at the trial of Chris Kahui who is charged with ...

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New Auckland City proposal unveiled

The Auckland Regional Council has unveiled its proposal for a new Auckland that it will put to the royal commission looking into governance, ...

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Air New Zealand To Open Beijing To Auckland Route

Air New Zealand will open a new route from Beijing to Auckland on July 18. This is the second nonstop route between China and New Zealand following the ...

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Bolt of lightning strikes down hunt rider and horse

By Beck Vass Lightning bolts strike downtown Auckland as the storm lashes the city yesterday afternoon. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey A 61-year-old man and his ...

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Summer's end claims at least six lives

At least six people are dead this morning and three missing, including pupils from an Auckland school, as the weather turned nasty after months of a lazy ...

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Kahui 'careful, loving' father, court told

By Edward Gay Macsyna King told the jury in the Auckland High Court she took her twins to the family doctor after learning that baby Cru had stopped ...

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Regional council wants one Auckland authority

Auckland Regional Council wants to see a single authority run the region, though its chairman denies the proposal is an attempted takeover. ...

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Five teens reported dead in flooded New Zealand river

Earthtimes - The students, aged 16 and 17, were part of a group of 40 from Elim Christian College in Howick, Auckland, attending a week-long course at the Sir Edmund ...

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Wife got to say goodbye to man hit by lightning

The unnamed man, reported to be 61 and from Auckland, died after a direct hit in a electrical storm near Dargaville, which also killed his horse. ...

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Auckland campus graduation week underway despite elements

Torrential rain forced the cancellation of the first graduation processions in Auckland today but did not dampen the excitement of more than 300 graduates ...

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