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Harbour side development needs longer term perspective.

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Calling All Innovators, Nokia’s global competition, calls on developers to create applications and services that will enhance the use of mobile devices in real-world scenarios.

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Cookbook author, culinary magazine editor and food broadcaster Lauraine Jacobs has been elected president of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers (NZGFW).

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Available from mid-December, the Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adaptor offers versatility and ease to your Xbox 360 experience.

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Hot off the shelves, the limited edition Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Arcade Game Pack is available today from participating stores, just in time for Christmas.

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With the V8 Supercar season wrapping up over the weekend, fans are set to shift their focus to the living room, battling it out for their chance to bring home the title on “Forza Motorsport 3” exclusively on Xbox 360.

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Auckland-based telecommunications company Orcon is helping to steer an attempt by Shaun Quincey to emulate his father’s feat of rowing single-handed across ‘The Ditch’.

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Fresh food retailer Nosh Food Market is expanding its operations with two new stores – Mt Eden and Matakana - as Kiwis flock to purchase quality local produce.

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Get your Lips moving with a new application for your Facebook photos with Lips.

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American eco-entrepreneur, wine-maker and entertainment industry veteran Rich Frank is to join the board of Ecoya, Australasian marketer of home fragrance and bath and body products.

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Nokia’s new stylish mobile – the Nokia E72 – will be available in New Zealand in mid-December.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The annual Farmers Santa Parade welcomed Father Christmas to town today to the glorious roars of the estimated 250,000-strong crowd of mums, dads and littlies.

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“One of Australia’s leading family-owned wineries is the world’s first to comply with international guidelines for assessing carbon emission,” says environmental consultancy, Provisor.

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Gold soared to a new record price of US$1,190 overnight.

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Nokia today unveiled two new stylish slider devices, the Nokia 6700 slide and Nokia 7230.

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AUCKLAND — It’s 40 years since John Lennon penned Come Together.

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Orcon customers are going to enjoy a great summer of video entertainment with the announcement that YouTube traffic from the ISP is zero rated until the end of January 2010.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland has its new look Farmers Santa on the Whitcoulls corner.

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"One of Australia's leading family-owned wineries is the world's first to comply with international guidelines for assessing carbon emission," says environmental consultancy, Provisor.

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To celebrate the launch of Movies on Demand on Xbox 360®, Xbox LIVE® is giving subscribers the chance to watch exclusive, never-seen-before film footage from James Cameron’s eagerly anticipated and ground-breaking sci-fi epic, AVATAR.

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Xbox 360 New Zealand confirmed the next wave of social entertainment is coming to Xbox LIVE on November 17th.   Facebook, Twitter and Xbox Movies on Demand will be available on Xbox 360 consoles, transforming Xbox LIVE into the largest social network connected to the TV with exclusive features custom-designed for the living room.

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 Xbox 360 has announced that theModern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console is now available from participating retailers.

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Xbox 360® delivers the ultimate Christmas present, offering an Xbox 360 Elite along with LEGO Batman™ and PURE™ for just $499* RRP.

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International superstar Rihanna will showcase new material from her highly-anticipated forthcoming album, Rated R, exclusively to a Nokia audience via a globally streamed live performance on 16th November 2009.

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Halo Waypoint, the new virtual home for all things “Halo,” launches today on Xbox LIVE, and will be the exclusive destination for full-episode previews of “Halo Legends” beginning Sunday, Nov.

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Thursday 22 October is your last chance to get jiggy with Iggy!   The deadline for all auditions for the new Orcon ad campaign with Iggy Pop closes at 12 noon this Thursday (22 Oct.).

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 There’s one undeniable fact about professional sport: when the competition is doing the hard yards, your yards simply have to be harder.

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They said it couldn’t be grown in New Zealand.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Microsofts Specialised Devices & Applications (SDA) group, has announced the appointment of a new senior member to its team in Australia & New Zealand (ANZ).

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Racing fans and car lovers the world over are counting down the days until the much anticipated release of “Forza Motorsport 3” on October 23rd exclusively for Xbox 360.

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Microsoft is offering a completely new way to experience “Fable II” through the power of Xbox LIVE and Games on Demand: “Fable II: Game Episodes.” Now anyone player curious about “Fable II” can explore the rich world of Albion, and develop their own wild stories about the glory or mischief they’ve gotten into as consequences of their choices in the game.

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Xbox 360 today announced widespread enthusiasm from the world’s leading video-game publishers for “Project Natal,” a whole new way to play— no controller required.

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The latest addition to the blockbuster Xbox 360 series delights fans and critics alike with a gripping new story and riveting co-operative multiplayer game play   The wait is finally over.

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A few years ago they were marketing New Zealand vodka to the world.

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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealands most loved Santa will indeed be returning to his favourite perch for the festive season after New Zealanders overwhelmingly voted for him to return.

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Effective today, Xbox 360 is giving you more fun, more entertainment and more ways to connect with friends and family at even better value.

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This October, the universally recognised “cavallino rampante” of Ferrari’s prancing stallion badge makes its return in “Forza Motorsport® 3,” the highly anticipated racing experience from Turn 10 exclusively for Xbox 360®.

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Cars will be banished from parking spots in Auckland city on Friday 18 September as a group of Aucklanders reclaim the streets as ‘people places’.

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Xbox 360 and Activision Publishing, Inc.

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The white flag waves as “Forza Motorsport 3” has gone gold, entering its final lap before launching on October 23rd in New Zealand exclusively on Xbox 360.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland’s Sale Street Bar has been nominated as a national finalist in two categories of the Hospitality Association of New Zealand’s 2009 Awards for Excellence.

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Xbox 360 and V8 Supercars Australia announced a partnership which will see eight V8 Supercars appear in the upcoming blockbuster racing title “Forza Motorsport 3” exclusively on Xbox 360.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Tiger beer and street-artists the Cut Collective are painting the town literally – with 10 artworks sprayed on to the back of inner city Auckland buses.

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Xbox 360 today invites you to experience more fun, more entertainment and more ways to connect with friends and family at an even better value.

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Orcon believes today’s decision by the Independent Oversight Group to uphold complaints against Telecom Wholesale’s so-called loyalty offer is a positive step.

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AUCKLAND — Heart of Auckland City chief executive Alex Swney believes the CBD is on its way to recovery.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, the Corporate Voice Experience…the who? Yep, the Corporate Voice Experience or CVE as they’re known to very few.

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Whether speed conjures up images of limited production American muscle or advanced European supercar designs, you’ll find a car to meet your tastes in “Forza Motorsport 3.” In honour of GamesCom in Germany, we start this week’s reveal with the 2008 Audi A4 Touring Car and 2009 BMW M3 GT2 #92 Rahal Leterman Racing models.

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Xbox 360 Pro console bundled with Halo 3 and Halo Wars for a limited time.

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Start warming up your vocal cords for the performance of your life, as “Lips: Number One Hits” is ready to hit the stage this spring with exciting new features sure to get any party jumping.

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Fight off the last of the winter blues and keep yourself entertained indoors this month with Xbox 360 and some great new tracks on “Lips.” All the latest Game Add-Ons are available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the “Lips” in-game Get Music Store.

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The first-ever Tui Brewery Girls Calendar is due to hit the shelves – and the Tui team has added three months to the calendar in order to pack in all their favourite photos and to give the lads a little bit extra.

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Orcon has acquired Northland internet service provider iGRIN and Genesis Energy’s ISP Infogen.

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Microsofts Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) today shared details about the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac, announcing that a new application, Outlook for Mac, will replace Entourage for Mac.

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GREYMOUTH — Excelling at sport has certainly paid off for frontline Christchurch Constable Grainne Scott who has just been named the NZ Police Association Sportsperson of the Year for 2008.

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AUCKLAND — With an audience of 300,000-plus, the annual arrival of Father Christmas in the Farmers Santa Parade is an event not to be missed by Aucklanders young and old.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Its not often you get fed for charity.

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This week, the latest Xbox LIVE update will arrive to more than 20 million Xbox LIVE members, and with it will come the next evolution of connected entertainment on Xbox 360.

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One of the most incredible collections of the world’s hottest number one songs is set to launch this November.

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The largest expansion for Gears of War 2 yet, Gears of War 2: Dark Corners includes seven new multiplayer maps, 13 new Achievements worth 325 additional Gamerscore and the new campaign chapter, Road to Ruin.   The seven new multiplayer maps in the Dark Corners Game Add-on are:   Allfathers Garden: Honour the sacred grounds of the Coalition founders in this explosive map, where a host of powerful weapons catalyse fast and furious action at this COG landmark.

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October 23, 2009 will mark the launch of “Forza Motorsport 3” in Australia and New Zealand, exclusively on Xbox 360.

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A renowned set of storytellers from some of the world’s leading anime studios in Japan are about to take one of the most iconic franchises in science fiction and video games to a new level.

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Dan Carter is set to once again take pride of place on billboards across the country – and this time, partner Honor Dillon is joining him.

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“Historic Battle”, the latest update for “Halo Wars”, introduces four new multiplayer Skirmish maps that highlight key turning points in the UNSC/Covenant war.

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Last year, Xbox LIVE Arcade marked a new era of quality downloadable games during the first annual Winter of Arcade program with “Castle Crashers,” which was voted Best Game of the Year in the 2008 Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards and has generated more than US$10 million in revenue to date.

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Microsoft and Bungie have revealed the remaining three multiplayer maps for Halo 3: ODST, which are sure to get fans around the world excited.

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Get the party started with P!nk in your living room with “Lips”.

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AUCKLAND — New Zealanders - and millions of health-conscious people around the world - have one more reason to celebrate good health this month.

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Ambius is the new name for Initial Tropical Plants, New Zealand, a leading provider of indoor plants, silk floral arrangements and interior artwork for working environments.

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AUCKLAND CITY — After only seven months in operation Auckland’s Sale St bar has being chosen by its hospitality peers for a prestigious Lewisham award.

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The future of home entertainment has a new name: Xbox 360.

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Rock out.

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The ultimate “Gears of War” experience will be available for New Zealand customers from the 11th of June, 2009 with the upcoming release of the Xbox 360 “Gears of War” bundle.

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From June 04, 2009 New Zealanders will be able to purchase an Xbox 360® Elite bundled with two highly-acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive games; “Halo 3,” the thrilling conclusion of Master Chief’s epic fight against the Covenant and “Fable II,” the masterful role-playing sequel with a multitude of choices and consequences.

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GORE — She has travelled the country road as much as anyone and now Tami Neilson has reached the ultimate Kiwi music destination - a Tui for Best Country Music Album of 2009.

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Microsoft Corp.

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Grab your friends and family and warm up those vocal chords! It’s time to transform your next party into a mini-musical festival with “Lips: Number One Hits.”   Combined with the original “Lips” game, “Lips: Number One Hits” sets the stage for the ultimate singing party with a new collection of global chart-topping songs to satisfy even the pickiest of performers.

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Orcon@home and Orcon@work broadband customers can now make their data allowances go further with the telco offering free data downloads from a selected range of popular New Zealand websites*.

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Microsoft New Zealand today announced the expansion of the BlueTrack range with the release of the Wireless Desktop 3000 and Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000, signalling the next step in blue becoming the standard in mouse tracking.

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Microsoft today revealed the LifeCam VX-2000, the latest webcam in its current range of LifeCams.

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Kiwi brands are about to grace some of the worlds most travelled cyber-territory as in-game advertising hits New Zealand this month, following highly-successful roll-outs internationally.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland wants Kiwis to come to town this winter.

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The stars of Export Gold's new TV ads have made an impressive debut in a web-based computer game with "Over the Fence - the game" played more than 66,000 times in six weeks.

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Orcon is delving deeper in to website and server hosting by acquiring the business of Wellington-based company iSERVE.

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Country music is in the spotlight as NZ Music Month gets underway with the announcement of the finalists for the RIANZ Best Country Music Album of 2009 and the APRA Best Country Song of the year.

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This May, Lips, the hit singing party game exclusively for Xbox 360® from iNiS Corp®., is adding 15 more tunes to the already blossoming library of Game Add-on songs available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace and the in-game Get Music store.

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Some of the country’s leading musicians and our top ex-pat chef are joining forces to start the season of celebrations of Matariki, the M
ori New Year.

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Drew Gilpin has been appointed to the newly-created role of General Manager - Sales and Marketing for Kordia.

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Microsoft today announced the newest addition to its SideWinder Gaming range, the SideWinder X3™ Mouse.

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Xbox New Zealand has announced that Activision’s “Guitar Hero® Metallica®” will be the first music title to support the “Lips” wireless microphones, so it’s time to break free from the cords and belt out your favourite songs like a true rock star with music games on the Xbox 360®console.

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Just in time for Easter, New Zealand has become the first country in the world to successfully combine chocolate and wine – a decadent marriage of quality and taste.

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NGARUAWAHIA — Some of the countrys best known musicians descend on Ngaruawahia in early May to entertain at a gourmet hangi in aid of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Two lucky New Zealanders are the first people in the world to win tickets to the Rugby World Cup 2011 final at Eden Park.

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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealand’s one and only music therapy centre is five years old today (Wed.

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Heineken is proud to announce that it will be worldwide partner and the official beer of Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Two lucky New Zealanders are going to be the first people in the world to get tickets to the Rugby World Cup 2011 Final at Eden Park.

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Microsoft has raised the fashion stakes once more with the release of the stylish Frost White Arc™ mouse.

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AUCKLAND — She speaks Spanish, dances the tango and loves travelling the world with her camera.

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Just in time for their New Zealand tour, “Lips” is set to debut its first downloadable song pack featuring Coldplay, who recently took home three GRAMMY awards including Best Rock Album.

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New Zealand mobile workforce managers now have access to the very latest in team communications with the launch by Kordia of its new KorKor™ digital two-way radio network – a system that is rapidly replacing the old analogue radio telephones (RTs) overseas.

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