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Brief visit from the Navy

The weather was grey but the maritime landscape off Hardinge Rd in Ahuriri yesterday was even greyer as one of the Royal New Zealand Navy's inshore patrol vessels paid a visit.

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A lumber mill placed into liquidation could be converted into a community park - if Wairoa District Council agrees to to buy the 2.8ha property.

North Clyde: Park plan for ex lumber mill

A lumber mill placed into liquidation could be converted into a community park - if Wairoa District Council agrees to to buy the 2.8ha property.

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The Hastings District Council has delayed it's planned webcasting of meetings due to glitches in the system.

Council webcasts on hold

Hastings District Council has put webcasting on hold until it finds out whether it'll be merged with other Hawke's Bay councils, a change likely to be made clear at the end of this year.

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Balanced-View

I think more like they don't want the other councils to know their defensive strategy over amalgamation, no sense in broadcasting to the other side hehe. But for the level of interest which would be on par with second or third tier sporting events...

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Woodford House

Sleepover staff given 'benefits'

Woodford House matrons fighting in court for sleepover pay were given flats on site and provided with meals, internet, and phone access as part of their employment, a court has heard.

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Brian 123

the answer is simple close these schools down and send the kids to colenso

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Linda Hall writes about a recent experience in today's editorial.

Editorial: The price of an orange

I declare I have been well and truly stung.

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Your right Linda, a stupid orange and blatant tax grab. And look at what happens when they find something with bugs on that border security tv show. They wave the offending item about and ohh and ahh over it then drop it in a bin to be incinerated some...

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Powerful 8.0 earthquake strikes Russia

Powerful 8.0 earthquake strikes Russia

A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter scale. Emergency agencies in the Far East issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands, but lifted it soon afterwards. Kolomiyets said the earthquake originated 600 kilometres underground and with the tremors so far down they have…

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