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'Cosmic joke' on homeowner in EQC fight
California City :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The dream home Caroline Wheeler bought on a Nelson hilltop a decade ago has turned into a 15-month-long nightmare with still no end in sight. The Nelson doctor wonders why she and others in the region with homes condemned by natural disaster are
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Loving dad's year of torment
Wellington :: New Zealand | 8 months ago
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A family hug at the McKee Domain, Ruby Bay, after almost a year spent battling charges that the father indecently assaulted one of his daughters at the domain. Some 300 people are enjoying hot summer days at McKee Domain near Ruby Bay as a father is
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'Nightmare' fight for justice
Nelson :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
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An American "archbishop" jailed for swindling the life savings from a Melbourne woman claimed he and his family were refugees from the Japanese tsunami and was given food and furniture from people in the Nelson area...Henry Alfred Goolsbee, who
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Speed camera rakes in nearly $1m in fines
Wellington :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
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And they are well on the way to doing the same again this year with $760,800 to the end of August. Just one speed camera van covers Nelson, Marlborough and Kaikoura, manned by two operators covering different shifts. In Nelson, the top speed camera
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Homeless family of seven pitch tent in Nelson
Wellington :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
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Michael Haskett, Dallas Pengelly and Dee Heenan are living on the front lawn of a property in Richmond after the owners responded to their pleas for somewhere to pitch their tents. A family of seven is living in a tent because, they say, they are
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Ponzi accused waits for ruling
Hong Kong :: China | 9 months ago
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A long-running case against Nelson businessman David Hobbs, alleged head of a massive Ponzi scheme involving $50 million in a web of 14 unlicensed investment funds, has ended with a reserved judgment in the New South Wales Supreme Court. Hobbs, one
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London scores inaugural Summer Games hat-trick
Stockholm :: Sweden | 11 months ago
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London may never usurp Athens as the spiritual home of the Olympic Games movement but it is fitting the city should become the first to host three Summer Games. This time, London won the Games in its own right after furious lobbying, back slapping
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Scamming activity in city widespread
Tauranga :: New Zealand | 11 months ago
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Whether they are being offered cheap iPads or millions of dollars, Nelsonians have been the target of a range of online scams. Last week the Nelson Mail highlighted an elaborate scam involving a woman advertising a room on Trade Me. A scammer
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Surge of offers to help vet fly
Nelson :: New Zealand | 1 year ago
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Offers of support to get former RAF fighter pilot John Beeching to London for a special memorial service have flooded in from around the world. The response came thick and fast for the Nelson pensioner who has been ruled out of the official New
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Renting out bedroom helps pay mortgage
Wellington :: New Zealand | over 1 year ago
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Nelson father Len O'Leary risks losing his home as he struggles with mortgage repayments, so he's opening the front door to low-income tenants. The former truck driver, of Stoke, is one of several Nelson-Tasman residents who contacted social agencies
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