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4/02/2012
Grab your future by the balls

Grab your future by the balls

I remember the first time my teachers tried to educate me about government. My third form social »»

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No easy fix to downtown troubles

Queenstown mayor Vanessa van Uden must be rolling in her mayoral chains – whilst it seems everyone else down here is rolling drunk in the streets, going by national media attention this past week.  Yes, the resort is again making national headlines for all the wrong reasons.  An »»

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My (NZ) guide to hitchhiking

It’s summer, the peak of hitchhiking season in the land of the long white cloud and New Zealand is indeed long, sparsely populated by airports and largely devoid of motorways or any kind of meaningful rail network.  Being rugged, relatively empty and malnourished in terms of transport »»

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Top tennis talent – and good kids

Top tennis talent – and good kids

“Give me a C!” shouted the slightly intoxicated Aussie a few rows behind me.  »»

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Take a trip down memory lane

Take a trip down memory lane

You may have noticed a new addition to the paper last week, dubbed ‘This week in our week in »»

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Mayoral chain magic

Sometimes, on these lovely hot summer days the mayoral mind is as prone to wandering as everybody else’s.  Never during council meetings, obviously. After all, who could be distracted from the scintillating thrust and parry of issues as gripping as blocked drains and sewerage queries? »»

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Burning questions for 2012

Burning questions for 2012

If the National Sevens was still being held in Palmerston North, do you think it’d be getting »»

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All of the South counting

All of the South counting

Queenstown looks the same as always at this time of year – crowded with happy visitors, the »»

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Queenstown – it’s gonna’ boom!

Queenstown – it’s gonna’ boom!

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks on holiday in a very special place.  Yeah, »»

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Child’s guide to building stuff not so silly after all

Child’s guide to building stuff not so silly after all

If Queenstown were Sesame Street, I suspect 2012 will be the year brought to us by the letter »»

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