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Ancestral remains to return to NZ (NZ Newswire)
Wellington :: New Zealand | 8 months ago
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Ancestral remains to return to NZ NZ Newswire October 4, 2012, 1:26 pm Maori and Moriori ancestral remains held by two Australian museums will be returned to New Zealand in a repatriation ceremony next week. Six koiwi tangata Maori and 14 koimi
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Spirit saved us, says family
Wellington :: New Zealand | 8 months ago
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A family believes a spiritual presence saved their lives when their house was destroyed by fire at Waahi Marae in Huntly overnight. Judy Wilson-Hetet, the daughter-in-law of the owner of the house, said her mother-in-law, who did not want to be
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Waka crews taking break at first stop (NZ Newswire)
Faaa :: French Polynesia | 8 months ago
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Waka crews taking break at first stop NZ Newswire October 1, 2012, 6:48 pm Two traditional waka on an epic journey across the Pacific have recounted experiences on their journey so far after reaching their first stop-over at Tubuai in French
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Waka tapu arrive safely at first stop-over (NZ Newswire)
California City :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Waka tapu arrive safely at first stop-over NZ Newswire September 29, 2012, 9:52 am Two traditional waka tapu on an epic journey across the Pacific have reached their first stop-over at Tubuai, a remote group of islands in French Polynesia. The two
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Man admits 'ninja' crime spree
Wellington :: New Zealand | 8 months ago
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A Waikato man has admitted dressing up as a ninja and going on a crime spree in Taupiri that included stealing a tractor and threatening people at gunpoint. In the Hamilton District Court this afternoon, Michael Lawrence Stark, 20, admitted 15
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Guitarist Tawhiti dies at 78
Jersey City :: NJ :: USA | 8 months ago
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The man dubbed the New Zealand Guitarist of the Millennium died on Saturday aged 78 after a long illness. Ben Te Ninihi Tawhiti started playing the lap steel guitar when he was about 10 or 11, and by the 1950s and 1960s, his skills were filling the
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Maori students: Key get your dirty hands off our water!
Wellington :: New Zealand | 8 months ago
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Students from Victoria University will today be hitting the streets of Wellington in an action intended to highlight Maori ownership of Aotearoa New Zealand's fresh water resources. Flyers stating the position will be handed out, and the public are
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Local frees driver from overturned truck
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Waikato Times A man was pulled from his crashed truck at the Taupiri roundabout this morning. A Taupiri man used "brute strength" to smash a truck window and free a trapped driver, a 41 year-old from Cambridge, after his freight truck tipped over on
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Truck rollover blocks SH1 at Taupiri (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 8 months ago
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Truck rollover blocks SH1 at Taupiri NZ Police, Fuseworks September 13, 2012, 9:29 am Gordonton Road near the intersection of SH1 at Taupiri has been blocked after a truck and trailer rolled at the roundabout just before 8.00am...It is estimated that
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Hui on Lake Waikaremoana
Wellington :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
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The tangata whenua of Lake Waikaremoana, Ngati Ruapani, are holding a regional hui on 8 September to discuss the development of a framework to deal with the Crown's consultation on the sale of Electricity Assets. Vern Winitana organised the meeting
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