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  • Accused in Indian-origin New Zealanders murder owed money

    One of the two men accused of burning alive an Indian-origin man in New Zealand Jan 30 this year owed the victim money, the police report on the case has revealed. Bryan Pelmar, 20, and Shivneel Shahil Kumar, 18, have been charged with the murder of Shalvin Prasad, 21, whose burnt body was recovered from the side of a rural road in south Auckland, Fairfax NZ News reported Monday. Prasad was ...

  • EPA welcomes submissions on Peka Peka to North Ōtaki

    Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 5:39 pm Press Release: Environmental Protection Agency EPA welcomes submissions on Peka Peka to North Otaki proposalMedia release 21 May 2013The Environmental Protection Authority is holding a public meeting to help people understand how they can have their say on the NZ Transport Agency's proposal for the Peka Peka to North Otaki Expressway.NZTA's ...

  • Major SI Civil Defence Exercise to Use Earthquake Scenario

    The readiness of Otago councils to respond to a major earthquake will be tested during a South Island wide exercise later this month.The exercise, named Te Ripahapa (loosely translated as Alpine Fault earthquake) will run from 9am to 9pm on Wednesday May 29.Otago Civil Defence Emergency Management Group co-ordinator Graeme Hall said the exercise would allow the Otago CDEM Group (Otago ...

  • Wellington City Council told to Constrain its Spending

    Wellington City Council told to Constrain it's Spending Wellington City Council must reduce the growth in both its expenditure and its rates take, Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce told councillors today in its submission on the council's 2013-14 Draft Annual Plan.The Chamber said there should be at least a zero rate rise, or even a reduction. It said it was pleased ...

  • Nikki Kaye Speech to Disaster Risk Reduction Forum

    Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou, katoa.It is a privilege to be giving this address at the opening ceremony of the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.New Zealand has been challenged by the major recovery and rebuild of Canterbury both in terms of scale and complexity, following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. We have been rebuilding not just our ...

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The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction is pointless adolescent nihilism wrapped up in new-wave film school pretension. The nonlinear storyline, showy use of reverse motion, and incessant internal dialogue give the vague appearance of depth, but they cant hide the fact that writer/director Roger Avary (Killing Zoe) doesnt seem to have a clue where hes going. ...

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  • Parata makes U-turn over special school

    Education Minister Hekia Parata has confirmed a U-turn on the future of the Salisbury special school in Nelson. Parata announced last year that the school was to merge with Halswell Residential School in Christchurch, but she was forced to back down after the High Court ruled her actions illegal. Last year Parata said the school would remain open for 2013, but confirmed during a visit today ...

  • Tanning firm to be prosecuted over chemcial spill

    Emergency services respond to the chemical spill which injured 21 workers at Tasman Tanning's Castlecliff plant in November last year. Photo / File Tasman Tanning is to face prosecution over a chemical spill in Wanganui last November which injured 21 of its workers, two of them seriously. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spokesman Britton Broun yesterday confirmed ...

  • Scouts employee treated charity as personal bank

    File photo / NZ Herald A Scouts employee who racked up more than $20,000 of personal expenses on company credit cards has been found to have been unjustifiably dismissed despite a finding that he treated the charity as a "personal bank". Richard Uerata-Jennings was one of only a handful of staff employed by the Scouts Association of New Zealand, a registered charity that ...

  • Kiwi holds gains against greenback ahead of Bernanke testimony

    The New Zealand dollar held gains against the greenback in local trading as investors pondered whether Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will give any hint of unwinding his money printing programme this year. The kiwi traded at 81.82 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 81.70 cents at 8am, up from 81.20 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index advanced to 77.10 from 76.65 yesterday. The ...

  • New Zealand to increase military presence in South Pacific

    New Zealand is preparing to increase its military presence in the South Pacific, in close collaboration with the Australian government. The moves further align the two regional imperialist powers with the US Obama administration's "pivot" to the Asia-Pacific and its aggressive confrontation of China.The New Zealand government announced its plans following an inaugural meeting of ...

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