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Warmth for pensioners

Wanganui's council-owned pensioner units will become a lot cosier if the district council hooks into an insulation subsidy scheme.

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  • John Maslin

Tribunal rules midwife guilty of misconduct

The Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal yesterday ruled that Wanganui midwife Cheryl Nancy Baker was guilty of professional misconduct, following a hearing in Wanganui on Wednesday.

  • Merania Karauria
OCEAN GIANT: Blue whales, once believed to be merely visitors to New Zealand waters, are now thought to be a regular presence in the South Taranaki Bight.PICTURE/FILE

Taranaki seabed mining raises whales concerns

The protection afforded to blue whales in New Zealand waters may need to be increased, now a study has found they may be more regular visitors to the South Taranaki Bight than previously thought.

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  • Anne-Marie Emerson and APNZ

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High Commissioner's weekly rent $7500

High Commissioner's weekly rent $7500

New Zealand's new High Commissioner in London has been put up in high-end accommodation in Kensington costing $7500 a week. Instead of moving into the official residence, a Clareville St property in the upmarket suburb of Kensington, former Speaker Lockwood Smith is staying in leased accommodation in the same suburb at a cost of £4000 British (NZ$7500) a week. The accommodation is also used for a range of other functions. Dr Smith took up the post in February after nearly 30 years as an MP. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed Dr Smith was not offered the official…

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Appeal for good samaritans Police would like to speak to three good samaritans who alerted a young woman that she was being followed early on Sunday, May 12.

  • Alecia Rousseau

Cannabis an election issue

As the debate over "legal highs" continues, a Palmerston North activist is calling for the public to be made aware of the "huge" benefit to the country's economy from legalising cannabis.

  • ALECIA ROUSSEAU

Pumping up awareness

More than 12,000 children in the Manawatu-Wanganui region are currently affected by asthma, with more than 300 ending up in hospital over a 12 month period.

  • Alecia Rousseau

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