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Taupo braces for another big weekend

Taupo braces for another big weekend

Waitangi Weekend is set to be a rocking and rolling one for the Events Capital with the Taupo Summer Concert featuring the incredible double international line-up of The Doobie Brothers and Little River Band playing live at the Taupo Amphitheatre on Saturday as well as the Kinloch Triathlon

Kidzone24 hits the road (27 January 2012)
New Girl and Homeland to premier online (27 January 2012)
Tony Award winning director tackles Faust (27 January 2012)

National

Man electrocuted by power line in Hurunui

At about 10.21am Saturday 28 January 2012, Culverden and Kaikoura Emergency Services were called to the scene of a fatal electrocution accident, at a rural address in the Hurunui District.

A 39 year old male was fatally electrocuted by a power line that had come down from a power pole.

High pressure to extend over northern NZ (28 January 2012)
Man arrested after serious family violence incident (28 January 2012)
Police looking for knife in connection to Stokes Valley death (28 January 2012)

Politics

Council to review parking enforcement camera car

Wellington City Council is to review the operation of its parking enforcement camera car.

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown asked for the review which will be undertaken by Council staff and completed by the end of March.

Crown Observer to assist ChCh City Council (27 January 2012)
Rates challenge on Hamilton's radar (27 January 2012)
'Critical flaws' in EEZ and Continental Shelf Bill (27 January 2012)

Business

Zion receivers work towards park sale

Zion receivers work towards park sale

PwC Partners Colin McCloy and David Bridgman, Receivers of Zion Wildlife Gardens Limited (In Receivership & In Liquidation) in Kamo, Northland, today have confirmed the progress of the sale of the business and assets of Zion.

NZ business needs to heed Davos - HSBC (27 January 2012)
Crafar farms approval not surprising - CAFCA (27 January 2012)
Firms appointed for Mighty River Power IPO (27 January 2012)

Sport

Jay McCarthy new tour leader in NZ Cycle Classic

BikeNZ's Olympic men's track squad set the pace on the penultimate stage of the New Zealand Cycle Classic in the Manawatu today.

A Quintessential G3 Desert Gold (28 January 2012)
Aust reduces the gap with third-ranked India (28 January 2012)
Blackcaps announce ODI, T20 squad for Zimbabwe (28 January 2012)

Lifestyle

Science Festival awards life membership

Prof Jean Fleming was awarded a life membership of the New Zealand International Science Festival at the festival's annual general meeting held in Dunedin on Thursday 26 January 2012.

Come join our Waitangi Day events (27 January 2012)
National house and garden tour returns in 2012 (27 January 2012)
Camping education making a difference (27 January 2012)

Health

Enriched milk helps with gout - study

A study supported by Fonterra and published this week in the British Medical Journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases has shown that a daily dose of skimmed milk, enriched with two value add ingredients naturally found in dairy products, may reduce the frequency and intensity of gout flares.

Nigel Latta talks tough on teeth and children's behaviour (27 January 2012)
Health warning - algal bloom in Hurunui River (27 January 2012)
Tourism needs to improve hearing impaired services (27 January 2012)

Technology

Cybercrime hides in QR codes - report

Cybercrime hides in QR codes - report

The risks hidden in a QR code are just one shocking finding of AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd's "Community Powered Threat Report - Q4 2011" released today.

Council releases more smartphone apps (26 January 2012)
M?ori Scholarships for telecommunications careers (26 January 2012)
Social marketing specialist joins Ultrafast Fibre team (25 January 2012)
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