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AUCKLAND CITY — COUNTING THE FEET BEAT 24/7 pedestrian monitoring system goes live in Auckland A new automated pedestrian counting system in Auckland's City Centre is already providing major benefits for the city and its commercial operators according to Heart of the City.
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Voting opens for Metro / Audi Restaurant Personality of the Year award Nine finalists have been announced in the Metro / Audi Restaurant Personality of the Year awards and restaurant diners are being called on to cast their votes.
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ASIAN GROWTH PLANS Ecoya expands in to Japan with new distributor Ecoya Ltd (NZX:ECO) this week signed an exclusive agreement with Japanese Company, Kinu Corporation.
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WEST COAST — Yesterday 15,000 King salmon smolt were released into West Coast Lakes.
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WEST COAST — Tomorrow 15,000 King salmon smolt are being released into West Coast Lakes.
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Move over chocolate eggs - there's a cheeky new decadent treat in town this Easter.
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AUCKLAND — Ray Hunter is waving goodbye to his weekly grocery bill for 12 months thanks to a nationwide promotion to win free groceries for a year.
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Aspiring MasterChefs took up the challenge to learn the ins and outs of bread making from bakery legend Sean Armstrong on Tuesday (5 March 2012).
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The new era of ultra-fast broadband (UFB) now becomes a reality for New Zealanders across the country, as Orcon today announces its fibre pricing plans.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The Auckland Council this morning voted to conduct an extensive review of the operation of the Ports of Auckland and suspend all plans for expansion into the Waitemata Harbour until further notice.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Accor hotels celebrates the universal language of fine art as the principal sponsor of Degas to Dalí, the Auckland Art Gallery’s first major international touring exhibition.
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Good things do come in small packages and in fresh food the adage is especially true.
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Less than 48 hours after Nosh Food Market announced a price cut on two litres of milk, support is growing from retailers in Auckland and elsewhere.
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The movement of gold has gained momentum in the start of 2012 from US$1,615.05 ($NZ2,065) to $1,761.23 ($2,127.60) on 3 February 2012.
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Experience a new way of dining and put your trust in the chef with SIDART's Tuesday Test Kitchen.
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New Zealand Mint is proud to present their revamped website (www.nzmint.com) featuring the much anticipated Bullion pricing page.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Radical plans to expand the Ports of Auckland wharves far out into the Waitemata Harbour will be in large part simply to provide extra parking for containers.
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Great chefs and home cooks alike love simple ingredients that make kitchen tasks easier and more delicious – now Nosh brings two new products that take domestic kitchens into gourmet territory.
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Earlier today we came across an interesting insight into a health risk facing our cousins from across the ditch.
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STOLEN Rum is onto something simply beautiful – an exceptional summer tipple that will see you through until spring.
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Summary of this month’s top stories THE FATHER EFFECT Astounding new information revealed by New Zealand scientists suggests a surprising new contributor as a cause of premature births – Fathers.
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QUEENSTOWN — Two of Australia's leading chefs and restaurateurs are presenting a special dining experience in Queenstown's Wakatipu Grill.
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HAMILTON — Jackie Bennett has produced the overall winning Pav in Nosh Food Market's first annual Waikato Pavlova competition.
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Orcon today announced it has signed weighing and labelling specialist Wedderburn to its ever-expanding wholesale portfolio following a competitive nine-way pitch.
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HAMILTON — Contestants in the Nosh pavlova competition this Friday will have to whip up a well-dressed dessert to impress self-confessed foodie Mayor Hardaker.
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Brook Lines is the inaugural winner of the Queen Charlotte College Aquaculture Academy New Zealand King Salmon Scholarship.
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Orcon today announces it has extended its revolutionary Orcon Genius offering to residents in New Plymouth and Wanganui.
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HAMILTON — Dust off Nana’s special recipe and pull out the pinny – Nosh Food Market’s first annual Waikato Pavlova competition is coming to town.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Industrial action by the Maritime Union at the Ports of Auckland is wrong but may come with a silver lining for Auckland residents says Heart of the City chief executive Alex Swney.
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Judges have a hard task next week with a record number of entries in the annual Nosh Pavlova Competition (Tuesday 6 December).
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New Zealand Mint’s Mike O’Kane tracks gold’s ups and downs Gold has had a year of ups and downs, surging to record prices in both USD$1921 and NZD$2325 before pulling back and trading within a range for the last 2 months.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A shiny new-look Santa's float hit the streets of Auckland City today, much to the delight of the thousands of spectators who came out to celebrate the festive season.
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Unlike most of New Zealand who went straight to the drinks cabinet to toast New Zealand’s rugby win, your dedicated Moa team headed down to the shop floor to brew up a celebratory batch they’re calling the ‘Four More Years’ beer.
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Editor and publisher of Food New Zealand, Anne Scott has taken over the role of President of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Covering the Parade Media are invited to cover the pre-parade activity, the parade procession and Santa’s Party in Aotea Square.
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The award-winning title that defined a decade of Xbox gaming returns in a stunning new remake It’s been 10 years since Master Chief first began his assault on the Covenant.
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It’s time to dust off Nana’s special recipe - Nosh Food Market’s annual home-made Pavlova competition is back.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The inaugural Feast for the Future fundraising event takes place this Saturday 12 November to raise precious funds for the Garden to Table Trust and bookings are still available at some restaurants.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland’s 5-star Pullman Hotel has unveiled its new $10,000-a-night Presidential Penthouse.
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MARLBOROUGH — New Zealand King Salmon is pleased its application for increased water space in the Marlborough Sounds has been deemed a project of national significance.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A gold coin donation at the Farmers Santa Parade can make a world of difference to the six Kiwis a day who are diagnosed with blood cancer or a related condition.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Working Style is doubly in vogue.
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Samsung Electronics New Zealand announces the launch of the Samsung Omnia W, its first Smartphone based on the latest release of Microsoft’s Windows Phone, code-named Mango.
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The perfect Christmas ham can make your festive season.
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Auckland-based New Zealand Mint has partnered with PFG Precious Metals, a division of PFGBEST, to manufacture, produce and distribute a limited edition four-coin set featuring characters from Nickelodeon’s global pop culture phenomenon SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Great British chef Rick Stein attracted huge crowds of Kiwi fans at the Malaysia Kitchen at Taste of NZ this weekend where he demonstrated three specially-designed Malaysian dishes.
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AUCKLAND CITY — In cooking, the importance of perfect presentation cannot be underestimated and New Zealand’s own Masterchefs Nadia Lim and Brett McGregor are – well – masters of it.
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AUCKLAND CITY — There is a French team in town that is celebrating last night’s All Blacks’ victory.
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In this month’s issue Donna Chisholm uncovers the truth behind the Billy T love story and Joanna Wane investigates the rising popularity of faith based schools.
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As Nosh Food Market steadily expands its presence in New Zealand, it has announced a partnership with Waitrose which not only gives Kiwis a wider choice of innovative food products, but also leverages their economies of scale, logistics know-how and process management to support its growth ambitions.
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Ecoya Limited (NZX:ECO) today announces its preliminary unaudited half year result to 30 September 2011.
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Demonstration timetable Rick Stein will demonstrate his passion for Malaysian cooking especially for visitors to Taste of New Zealand next week.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Some of Auckland's most exclusive restaurants are helping establish gardens and kitchens in primary schools by supporting "Feast for the Future" on November 12.
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What do you do when you cash up your business and take home a few million? Some retire.
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Until now, wheatgrass has been touted as a drug-free cure-all – from an energy booster and weight-loss aid to a reliever of joint pain and a cure for cancer.
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Maori Television commentators Buck Shelford and Pat Lam both say Samoa need to reignite their Pacific flare if they’re to get past South Africa on Friday and into the quarter finals.
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Buzzy Bee™ is taking off! The generations-popular Kiwi toy has been turned in to a television star by Kiwi entertainment IP company Lion Rock Ventures which has just signed a co-production deal with Malaysian production company Lemon Sky Animation.
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Survey finds almost two-thirds find it tough to find suitable technology solutions.
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When the clock strikes midnight tonight, New Zealand fans of Gears of War 31 will be the envy of gamers all over the world.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Global hotel operator Accor is taking over management of the five star Hotel Viaduct Harbour.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Accor is proud to announce it has been appointed to manage the newly named Hotel Lighter Quay, one of Auckland’s most glamorous waterfront hotels.
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If you could make your employees 32 per cent more productive, you'd do it wouldn't you? Well, there is a way and you may be surprised to learn it doesn't involve caffeine, 'to do' lists or ergonomic workspaces.
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National shoe retailer Ziera is donating $20,000 to the Red Cross Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
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AUCKLAND CITY — “Lickability” – it’s the trendy term causing a stir in foodie havens nation-wide.
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One man’s mission to clean up the NZ Police Force From perjury and planting evidence in the Crewe murder investigation to the dodgy jailhouse confessions used in the David Tamihere case, and the ill-advised Urewera terror raids – a former top cop explains why police culture in New Zealand needs to change.
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The only place to catch all the big games for free this weekend. This Friday, Rugby World Cup 2011 finally kicks off with the All Blacks v Tonga Live – but the action doesn’t stop there with Maori Television.
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New Zealanders fear losing their vision above memory, hair and even the ability to walk, nationwide research conducted on behalf of eye care provider OPSM reveals.
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Rick Stein has a passion for Malaysian cuisine and is bringing this passion to our shores as an ambassador for the Malaysia Kitchen Programme at the Taste of New Zealand Festival.
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With less than two weeks to go until Rugby World Cup 2011 kicks off, Maori Television CEO Jim Mather says now is the time for Kiwis to make sure they’re switched on to the lead free-to-air Rugby World Cup 2011 broadcaster.
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Big news for gamers: Orcon has installed new gaming servers, including a Steam server, and has zero-rated traffic to all of them.
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AUCKLAND — Proposed designs for a cycling and walking pathway across the Auckland Harbour Bridge are being unveiled to the public by the AHB Pathway Project on Sunday 21 August.
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AUCKLAND — Auckland’s Pullman Hotel and leading New Zealand label Zambesi are collaborating over a love for design and hospitality for New Zealand Fashion Week.
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One of cinema's most enduring and beloved franchises, the Star Wars Saga has made its imprint on books, TV, toys, soft goods, kitchen wares, video games, comic books and much, much more—but never as a legal tender coin set available in the U.S.
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As consumers, there are things in life we love that simply don’t need changing.
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Keith Quinn, Buck Shelford, Peter Fitzsimons, Gavin Hastings and more join the team Maori Television has unveiled a stellar commentary line-up to call all 48 games of Rugby World Cup 2011.
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AUCKLAND CITY — NZ’s biggest night in music now in November Here’s a line-up of sweet news for Kiwi music fans.
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Global sales revenue for New Zealand-developed accounting software MoneyWorks has increased more than 40 per cent since the launch of version six of the application just six months ago.
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Malaysian cuisine proved to be one of the highlights of the Auckland Food Show this year with live demonstrations by Australian MasterChef series 2 winner Adam Liaw spicing up proceedings.
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Kiwi salmon producer New Zealand King Salmon has won a top Australian seafood award.
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Free App sends insider secrets to your smartphone World Cup visitors can now get their very own digital guide to the local ‘hood’ thanks to a new city guide, compiled by a Who’s Who of fashion, food, art, shopping and fun in downtown Auckland.
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Renowned Australian chef and Middle Eastern cooking specialist Greg Malouf is coming to town in early August for a one-off cooking demonstration at Nosh Food Market’s Mt Eden cook school, The Melting Pot.
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Asahi Beverages New Zealand Limited (Asahi) has today despatched the offer document outlining its 44 cent cash offer for all of the shares in Charlie’s Group Limited.
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Overnight the price of spot gold has eased 0.7 per cent from USD1,607.80 (NZD1,914.73) yesterday to USD1,591.04 (NZD1,870.71) today.
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New Zealand boxer Shane Cameron faces the most important fight of his boxing career tomorrow night (20 July) when he goes up against Australian Dominic Vea in the Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championship which will be screened live and free to air on Maori Television.
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North & South editor Virginia Larson has questioned the extreme response from the College of Midwives to the magazine's August cover image on midwives and maternity care.
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Revolutionary new product takes Kiwi homes into the future.
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New Zealand boxer Shane Cameron will face the most important fight of his career when he goes up against Australian Dominic Vea for the Commonwealth Cruiserweight championship in Sydney next week – and his team wants all of New Zealand on his side.
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New Zealand boxer Shane Cameron will face the most important fight of his career when he goes up against Australian Dominic Vea for the Commonwealth Cruiserweight championship in Sydney next week – and his team wants all of New Zealand on his side.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland-based Peddle Thorp Architects has announced three senior appointments.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Australian MasterChef series 2 winner Adam Liaw is spicing up the Auckland Food Show this year in celebration of the Malaysia Kitchen Programme for NZ.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Some of New Zealand’s best-known chefs and bakers are set to get their hands dirty at a unique cooking demonstration of how they best “use their loaf” at this year’s Auckland Food Show.
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Are you a dancer, performer or entertainer who jumps at the chance to strut your stuff? Yes? Well, here’s a perfect opportunity for you! Volunteers are now being sought for the annual Farmers Santa Parade and organisers are looking for volunteers aged 10 years and older to take part in the Parade.
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