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Family's new life eases sorrow

Quake anniversary to be marked in Waikato

A year ago Christchurch mother-of-one Karen Mullaly would never have contemplated shifting away from the Garden City.
PACKING DOWN: Christchurch family Neville Bamford, left, son Blake, 9, and wife Karen Mullaly moved to Waikato after the February earthquake. They now enjoy a country lifestyle on the outskirts of Hamilton.

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5:00am A Huntly mother remains positive about finding her son who disappeared after jumping in the Waikato River on Friday.

Fraudster's appeal fails

5:00am Ken Ross has failed in his latest bid to overturn his fraud conviction.

Two patients left paralysed

5:00am Two people who ended up as paraplegics after medical treatment have received more than $200,000 each in compensation.

Childfree Kiwis 'often cruelly judged'

5:00am Just because a woman has a womb, doesn't mean she should have to use it, says researcher Theresa Riley.

Niwa warns of 'praying mantis of sea'

5:00am Alien skeleton shrimps may have already invaded Waikato's coast.

Fans respond well

CLUBBING TOGETHER: Fan Brendyn Wood is looking forward to the star-studded season for the Chiefs. Sonny Bill fever and a new "Rolls Royce backline" for the Chiefs appears to be paying off as fans flock to buy season tickets.

Drugs in mum's handbag

The mother of the Fairfield College student who took party pills to school and gave them to her friends was admonished for poor parenting decisions in Hamilton District Court yesterday.

Employers cast net wide

Fire 'deliberately lit'

Dave Rogers

Hairdresser drives recycling

A Hamilton hairdresser is working to pretty-up the environment through a new recycling initiative.

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Champs use meet for buildup

Valerie Adams and Stuart Farquhar eased into their field events seasons at Porritt Stadium on Saturday with the London Olympics in mind.

Williams still wants Olympics

Two frustrating years of injuries have failed to knock Hamilton sprinter Monique Williams' determination to qualify for the London Olympics.

Hamilton demolish Wairarapa

Waikato lose 4-0

Brendon Leonard

Chiefs still have work to do

The Chiefs will revisit their breakdown work after being heavily penalised despite a 38-36 pre-season trial victory over the Highlanders.

Pritchard to lead agency

cash The new chief executive of Hamilton's economic development agency is its acting leader Rob Pritchard.

Debacle Government's fault, say growers

Kiwifruit producers want a full inquiry into marketer Zespri and the structure of the industry, reports Andrea Fox.

NZX to manage Fonterra scheme

Zespri deputy won't step aside

Cow

Agriculture pushes province

Waikato businesses are "cautiously optimistic" about the year ahead, local business leaders say.

LIC earnings rise

LIC Dairy farmer cooperative LIC saw interim revenue and underlying earnings lift, thanks to demand for its solutions to make dairying more efficient and productive.

Optimism from booming sheep industry

Sheep are becoming the new gold, says PGG Wrightson Waikato auction sales manager Neil Lyons.

Record turnout as farmers consider share options

Boost in Tb funding shows council listens

Tim van de Molen: Last year's agrisports champion, he represented Waikato/Bay of Plenty in the Young Farmer Contest final.

Eight young farmers will battle at Mystery Creek

The Waikato-Bay of Plenty regional final of the Young Farmer Contest will be tough.

The secret diary of... Sonny Bill Williams

SBW Monday - Hit the bag with my right hand and think positive thoughts.

How to deal with wildlife in a wallet

I was carefully brought up by parents who had social rules for all manner of occasions, but nothing in my past instruction had ever covered the public display of a cockroach in one's wallet.

At deadline time, what can go wrong will go wrong

Editorial - Counting the cost of the nay-sayers

Centre Place Event Cinema

Central city cinema makes its undignified exit

Thus ended 20 years of mainstream movie exhibition in the heart of the city. It was a whimper, not a bang.

Unfit teachers in class

Education Hundreds of teachers have criminal convictions and many are not fit to teach, newly released figures show.

Ruling waits upon five wise heads

After decades of debate, the fate of Transmission Gully will be in the hands of five people charged with deciding whether the road will go ahead as planned.

Medical errors cost ACC $7.6m

Volunteers' truck that won't stop

Ann Brower

Bus survivor praises her rescuers

Ann Brower, the sole survivor of the No3 bus crushed on Colombo St in Christchurch last February 22, pays tribute to her rescuers.

Kiwi jailed in Australia wins appeal

Australia A Kiwi who choked and bit his girlfriend has beaten a bid to deport him from Australia.

Families escape Homs

Syrian security forces eased their week-long bombardment of the central city of Homs on Sunday and let a few families leave opposition districts.

Suu Kyi hits campaign trail

Uzbek admits plot to kill Obama

Ban Xai, Khoueng Viangchan region, Laos

Kiwi firm clears mines in Laos

Laos can be a dangerous country, with thousands of mines and unexploded explosive devices littering the countryside.

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Sploratory

Amanda Wright Amanda Wright has morphed from a trance-loving greenie to the organiser of highly successful festival Splore.

Where tequila fans will be spoilt for choice

They have something like 80 different tequilas at the Flying Burrito Brothers.

Be my valentine (??)

Datsuns perform powerful set at volume

NURTURING NATURE: Kaiwaka Riki works in his Kaiwhenua Organics garden, near Raglan, which has been given Ministry of Economic Development funding.

Spirit of the land

From this special garden comes fresh organic food grown according to tikanga, a veritable taste sensation, full of nutrients.

Windows 8 a bold new step

NEW LOOK: The new Windows operating system is a radical reinvention. Microsoft's reimagining of the Windows personal computer operating system has got PC World writers Jason Cross and Nate Ralph excited.

Review - CouchMouse M515

The CouchMouse, designed for those of us who operate personal computers from our couches, is sealed so fabric fuzz won't collect in the device's sensor opening.

Tech tips - Data usage on smartphones

Me and my gadget - Triumph motorcycle

JOYSTICK: A 3M Ergonomic Mouse has solved Shane Hobson's RSI problems.

Me and my gadget - 3M Ergonomic Mouse

Shane Hobson, retailer relationship manager for Ultrafast Fibre in Hamilton, tells Chris Gardner why he won't boot up his laptop without a 3M Ergonomic Mouse at his side.

Whitney Houston found dead

Whitney Houston, who once ruled as pop music's queen, has been found dead in Beverly Hills.

North Korea's A-ha! moment

Five young North Korean musicians add a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.

Adele puts fears to rest

LeAnn takes on Chelsea

Blue Ivy

Baby Blue Ivy makes debut

Beyonce and Jay-Z release the first family pictures of their daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

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The first thing that catches my attention is the wine's label, what's with the long neck on the duck, I wonder?

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Limestone's Feijoa Fling cocktail had all the ingredients I love: Feijoa vodka, apple sourz, peach and apple juice.

Beer review - Export 33

Beer review

DB Breweries was on an Export marketing blitz during my brief stint as fill-in beer reviewer.

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