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The Outwits will cover our city's history from the colonists to the Crusaders.
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Quake toll lifted to 184

Ivan Sinclair A Christchurch grandmother has been classified as a victim of last February's quake even though she died over two weeks later.

Police investigating Bexley burglaries

Police are investigating a spate of burglaries from red-zoned homes in Bexley.

Pedestrian dies in Nelson crash

A man is dead and another injured following an early morning accident north of Nelson.

Parts of red zone 'won't be rebuilt'

Parts of the red zone will never return to their pre-earthquake position or be suitable for rebuilding.

Schools use recruitment firm

Christchurch schools are spending thousands of dollars on private consultants to help recruit principals.

Making millions from uni research

Stephen Hampson Christchurch business incubator powerHouse has ambitious plans to create 50 multimillion-dollar international companies in Christchurch by 2020.

Carr rejects salary rise

Refusing a pay rise for the next two years had "nothing to do with [Tony] Marryatt", says University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr.

Expert warns against big classes

Cop glad to be home

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Museum assembles lost icons

The 135-year-old Lyttelton timeball arrived at the Canterbury Museum yesterday.

CBD may not reopen by April

Colombo Street The red zone will shrink in the coming weeks but it may not disappear by April as hoped.

Foundation checks planned

Foundation damage will be assessed in more than 8000 homes in Christchurch's blue-green zone within six to eight weeks.

'Clear plan for city' needed

Building checks urged after quake

Lilburne family of Retreat Rd

Adrift in limbo land

The future for residents lost in the void of dying suburbs is as simple as a wish for somewhere decent to live.

Airport build a boost for city

Christchurch International Airport Christchurch International Airport is just days away from opening the next significant stage of its nearly $240 million integrated terminal project.

Quakes provide opening for new system

A start-up phone systems company, born out of the Canterbury quakes, expects to do well as fibre replaces traditional copper telephony links.

Making millions from uni research

'Clear plan for city' needed

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Company shifts to cloud

DJCA accounting firms has gone wireless to make sure its operations will not be disrupted by any seismic activity.

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Crotty shaping up to replace SBW

ryan4 A 47-19 win and maybe some puzzles have already been solved for Todd Blackadder.

Peerless Snell's records still stand

How good was the peerless Peter Snell, who broke two world records on a Christchurch track 50 years and one day ago?

Wizards call up young players

Husband and wife a chance to make history

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Adams doing it for Christchurch

Three-time world shot put champion Valerie Adams didn't need to start her season in Christchurch – but she wants "to give something for the public to enjoy".

Relationship advice for city councillors

Martin van Beyen As if I am not busy enough advising the council on its communications strategies, I have now been roped into also providing the council with some relationship counselling.

Editorial: Overseas investment is a win-win

The imminent sale of the Crafar farms and another sale of two smaller farms to James Cameron are good news for the New Zealand economy.

From loss, gain could come

Iwi keen on buying a slice of SOEs

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Getting by in a world of bathroom etiquette

I am once again living with my cousin and his fiancee, which means, among other things, sharing a bathroom.

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No rebuild for parts of red zone

Red zone Parts of Christchurch's red zone will never return to their pre-earthquake position or be suitable for rebuilding, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says.

Stab victim tried to get life on track

The parents of a man stabbed in a boarding house said he was trying to get his life on track.

Speed past schoolbus shocks police

Cycling dangers remain

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Spy car drivers shun spotlight

Former Wellington resident Ann Reeves has gone to Wellington District Court to defend herself against a $60 parking ticket issued by a Wellington's spy car operator.

Cambodia still reeling

Kethana Dunnet, pictured with husband Bruce, believes her eight siblings and parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. She hasn't heard from them since 1974. Their photos line the walls of the genocide museum, once a notorious prison where Cambodians were tortured and killed by the brutal Khmer Rouge.

Wikileaks court-martial ordered

All Wikileaks charges against US Private Bradley Manning have been referred to a general court-martial.

FBI, Scotland Yard hacked

Response to US haka 'justified'

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Deported teen maintains alias in cells

A US teenager who was deported to South America under a false name never expressed concern during jailhouse phone calls that she was being misidentified as an illegal immigrant from Colombia.

Ronan Keating lights up Vector

Ronan Keating is a judge on X Factor - but if we had to swap places with him for the night, with him as the hopeful auditionee and us as judges, he'd get a resounding yes from us.

Willis worried about ex

Bruce Willis has been "worried sick" about his former wife Demi Moore.

Meet the Mother creators

Historic building brings film to NZ

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Eminem sued by 'homeless' man

US rapper Eminem is being sued for US$9 million (NZ$10.8 million) in a hand written lawsuit by a homeless man.

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Emulating elegance

SUE What won't you find in Sue Bramwell's wardrobe? Three-quarter pants, she tells Kate Fraser.

It's Monday all week

Keith Lynch finds a brave bar where it's all happening, whatever day it is.

Fashion flashback

Beer with big taste

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Brain food

Choose foods that keep youngsters' energy and concentration levels in top shape.

Apple acts against Kiwi driPhone

iPod A single letter is at the centre of a fight between a Kiwi and technology giant Apple.

Micron CEO dies in plane crash

The CEO of one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions was killed when his stunt plane crashed in the US.

No 'Facebook fatigue' - survey

Rosie still takes the cake

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Kiwi gaming's secret

Would you be surprised to learn that NZ is behind a successful online social game?

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Comic troupe in Hagley Park

The Outwits will cover our city's history from the colonists to the Crusaders.

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Solar community planned

New Zealand's biggest solar power-based community will be built at Christchurch's Highfield subdivision.

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It's Monday all week

Keith Lynch finds a brave bar where it's all happening, whatever day it is.

Off to war: Gunner Ralph Nicholson (circled) marches with the 6th Field Regiment, down Auckland's Queen Street, prior to boarding their troopship, in August, 1940.

Kiwi troops disobeyed orders

A Canterbury World War II soldier's diary and letters give a glimpse of a hushed-up controversy in 1944, when soldiers refused to go back to war.

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