Comstock: Tax Big Box Acres Of Free Parking
- June
- 4
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One of the massive changes in how we build our cities is in the retail sector. Most notable is the Wal- Martization factor where 60% of the city’s commercial tax base is being undermined by the tax treatment of this new-format retail: the Big Box with acres of parking. This change is not really surprising, [...]
Charity Scheme To Draw Up Free Wills
- May
- 17
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People aged 55 and over are being offered a free will writing service by a local solicitors’ firm as part of a charity initiative called Free Wills Fortnight.
The project brings together eight national charities to encourage individuals and couples aged 55 plus to make or amend their will with the option to leave a gift [...]
Saturday Night Live: Amy Poehler Pregnant With Her First Child
- May
- 3
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Amy Poehler charmed movie fans by playing a surrogate mother in the comedy flick Baby Mama, and now she’s about to be one herself. The Saturday Night Live star is reportedly expecting her first child with husband, Will Arnett, who is known for his role as George Oscar “G.O.B.” Bluth II on the FOX sitcom [...]
Audit Hawaii gave in to Superferry
- April
- 21
Since then, the 350-foot catamaran has been carrying small loads of passengers and cars from Honolulu to Maui when it hasn’t needed repairs.It still hasn’t resumed voyages to Kauai, which were suspended Aug. 28 after just one trip following demonstrations by surfers, canoeists and kayakers that blocked the ferry.Opponents complain the $95 million ferry will [...]
We didn’t get rising water warning OPC
- April
- 20
Six students and a teacher from Aucklands Elim Christian College died after the group of 12 got caught out by a rapidly rising Mangatepopo Stream, near Turangi.
As the bodies of the victims arrived back in Auckland and their funerals organised, staff at the centre said they had no record of receiving the 8.29am MetService warning.
The [...]
‘These were kids of excellence’
- April
- 20
The students - three girls and three boys - and a male teacher died yesterday after heavy rain swiftly turned a river the group was canyoning down in the Tongariro National Park into a torrent.
Police have released the names of the victims. They are:
- teacher Anthony McClean, 29, of Howick.
- Natasha Bray, 16, of Pakuranga;
- [...]
Dad pays tribute to canyoning victims
- April
- 20
View video: Pupils die in school tragedyView video: Storm wreaks havoc
The students - three girls and three boys - and a male teacher died yesterday after heavy rain swiftly turned a river the group was canyoning down in the Tongariro National Park into a torrent.
Police have released the names of the victims. They are:
- teacher [...]
Buck backs prostate fight
- April
- 20
Former All Black captain Wayne Buck Shelford, who had a brush with blood cancer, is hosting other All Black legends at his Wade Hotel in Silverdale on Thursday, April 17.
Fellow All Black cancer survivors Andy Haden and Don McKay, along with Michael Jones, Ian Jones, Stu Wilson, Craig Innes and other former All Blacks and [...]
Many Haitians want exiled Aristide back
- April
- 18
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti’s president has lowered rice prices and the Senate has sacked the prime minister. But hungry Haitians who rioted over food prices still want more.”Aristide or death! Aristide or death!” young men in sunglasses and low-slung ballcaps chant outside parliament.That’s right, Jean-Bertrand Aristide — the slum priest-turned-president who needed a U.S. intervention [...]
Elite schools test toddlers before admission
- April
- 16
Principal of Aucklands Kings School Tony Sissons says the boys are not asked to sit formal tests. Along with principals of other private schools who test children under five, Sissons says the interviews are an opportunity to meet parents and check whether the child fits the school.
He schedules interviews when the boys are aged between [...]
