Trial national standards, petition begs
The taxpayer will be stumping up with $26million this year for the new national education standards, as more people air concern the standards are untested. ...
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When Sarah Robertson found out her brother had cancer she didn't know what it was. Regan, 13, was last year diagnosed with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer, after a large tumour ...
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A woman had to be restrained by a neighbour as she tried to enter her burning home yesterday. The woman said she had been away from the Wanganui East house ...
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If home buyers are looking for reasonably priced real estate, Wanganui is making a pretty strong case to be considered. In a snapshot of median prices collated by QV and ...
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It's been a long time between races for Waverley farmer Richard Watkins but, fingers crossed, this Saturday night he'll be mixing it in superstock action again. By his reckoning, he's ...
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Lance O'Sullivan has given Everbright a huge thumbs up ahead of today's $1 million Auckland Cup at Ellerslie. The most successful jockey New Zealand has produced rode the 7-year-old, who ...
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Moved by the plight of Wanganui's poorest children, Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws yesterday handed over a $10,000 cheque to Christian Social Services. The money came from the mayoral relief fund ...
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Hi-tech Marton-based company PEC Pumps Ltd has made a mockery of the country's economic recession by recording its biggest sales year on record in 2009. The company, which designs and ...
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Flames burned up gullies, crackling through hectares of tinder-dry grass and trees in an out-of-control burn-off on a farm south of Kai Iwi yesterday. Wanganui rural fire officers joined forces ...
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SO OFTEN at the scene of a crime there's the unmistakable smell of booze wafting in the air. And it is a fair assumption that the bottle used in an ...
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Two men who allegedly shot 33 dogs on a rural property near Wellsford north of Auckland have been charged with animal cruelty offences by the SPCA.Garth Halliday, chief executive at Auckland SPCA, confirmed today the charges had...
New Orleans' watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Katrina, including overbilling, billing the city for...
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities.A new feature unveiled overnight gives Twitter users the option of including their location with the assorted...
Embattled golf superstar Tiger Woods is preparing for a possible US PGA Tour return at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25, the New York Post has reported.The newspaper cited "two sources in the golf community" as saying...
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