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    Airbus delivers China-built Sharket A320 China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of the first Sharklet-equipped A320 assembled at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Tianjin. Sharklets are fuel saving wing-tip devices. The A320, powered by IAE V2500 engines, features a two class cabin, seating 158 passengers with eight in business class and 150 in economy. The A320 made its first commercial flight ...

  • David Shearer’s Green-free Plan B

    The standard assessment is that the 2014 election is between Labour/Green and National/NZ First. To recap: The theory goes that Labour/Green and National will win about the same vote share, with Winston Peters holding the balance of power. Mr Peters must then choose: Be the third wheel and office junior in a Labour/Green coalition or deputy prime minister, foreign minister and Sir Winston ...

  • NBR TOP PROPERTIES Top five apartment sales

    These are the top five apartment sales of the year thus far, based on data from PropertyIQ, which owns and operates QV.co.nz. All are sales that have settled and have been advised to the ...

  • Christchurch rejects asset sales

    Source: ONE News Politicians may be talking up the benefits of selling Christchurch's family silver for the rebuild but city councillors have already determined it's not going to happen. Mayor Bob Parker said ongoing suggestions that sales of stakes in strategic assets such as Orion New Zealand, Christchurch International Airport and Lyttelton Port Company might be necessary to pay ...

  • Battery farm puppies die in pet stores

    Source: Breakfast Puppies raised in an alleged "battery farm" have been dying in pet stores, prompting an animal welfare group to seek changes in breeding laws. Eleven puppies have died in the past few weeks. All are believed to have been supplied by a single large-scale breeder to The Pet Centre stores in Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt. The commercial breeding business in ...

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I Love You, Man [Blu-Ray]

I Love You, Man [Blu-Ray]

The mainstream comedy genre has in recent years become a kind of breeding ground for male arrested development. From the back-to-college frat-jinks of Old School (2003) to the happily single slob hero and his aimless roomies in Knocked Up (2006), the American comedy has ... ...

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  • Man shot in Auckland overnight

    Photo / File Police are asking for the public's help after a man was shot in Auckland's east last night. Emergency services were called to Coates Crescent in Panmure at around 10.30pm, after reports of a shooting. The man's injuries are not life threatening. Police aren't yet releasing any further details. They are asking anyone who may have seen or heard anything in the ...

  • One dead in West Coast fire

    One person has died in a shed fire on the West Coast overnight. Three fire trucks attended a blaze in a shed at the back of a property on Kaniere Rd, 19km east of Hokitika, at 4.30am. When crews entered the shed they found one person deceased inside, said a southern fire communications spokesman. Crews remain at the scene dampening down the ...

  • School vets pupils social media use

    Source: ONE News A Wellington primary school took to monitoring pupils' social media sites after it became "extremely concerned" about their online activity. In a letter sent home to parents, Karori West Normal School spoke of "appalling examples of chatroom dialogue" that staff discovered on social media sites such as Facebook and ask.fm when a couple of parents asked ...

  • Investigation following Auckland shooting

    Source: ONE News Police are investigating a shooting in an Auckland suburb last night. Police were called to a residential address in Panmure just before midnight where a man had been shot . The injured man was taken to hospital but police say his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. An investigation is under way and police are appealing to witnesses to contact ...

  • Oysters galore at Bluff food festival

    Source: Close Up Thousands of oysters will be devoured today at the annual Bluff Oyster and Food Festival. The festival showcases an array of local Southland seafood, fine wine and entertainment. Kiwi band Good Shirt will be performing at this year's event. Along with the star of the show, the Bluff oyster, festival goers can also sample other wildfoods such as kina, mutton bird, and ...

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