Police in the Central District are urging all motorists traveling over the coming long weekend to please drive with care.

The official Labour weekend period officially starts at 4.00 pm on Friday 22 October and ends at 6.00 am on Tuesday 26 October.

Digicel invests in WiMAX broadband network to bring fast, affordable internet access to Nauruans

The date for eDay 2010, New Zealand's free computer recycling event, was announced today by the Minister for the Environment, the Hon Nick Smith. eDay will be held in over 40 centres throughout New Zealand, including Napier, on Saturday 6 November 2010.

The date for eDay 2010, New Zealand's free computer recycling event, was announced today by the Minister for the Environment, the Hon Dr Nick Smith. eDay will be held in more than 40 centres throughout New Zealand on Saturday 6 November 2010.

GDP expanded at a disappointing rate of just 0.2% in the second quarter of 2010, much weaker than we or the market median anticipated. Significantly, the downbeat message delivered at the Reserve Bank's latest Monetary Policy Statement was based on a forecast of 0.9% GDP growth.

While Pinot Noir is traditionally viewed as a more expensive varietal, the medal tally for New Zealand Pinot Noir at this year's New World Wine Awards shows that affordable home grown Pinot is on the rise.

"All mobile phone users should warmly welcome 2degrees' announcement that it is launching a "pay monthly" plan, but the large corporate users who spend thousands or millions of dollars a year on mobiles will be especially pleased."

As people keep on updating, there are millions unused mobile phones which can be recycled, but before you recycle be sure you do everything possible to remove any of your personal data.

Telecom currently has the following actions under way in response to the Christchurch earthquake

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Auckland, Sept 8 NZPA - Telephone services have not been badly affected by today's big aftershock in Christchurch but users are still being urged to stay off their cellphones if they can.