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Puffed out: Jobs axed as Kiwi cereal faves go

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 16:32
Sanitarium will discontinue its Muesli, Granola, Light ‘n’ Tasty, Honey Puffs, Weeties, Weet-Bix Clusters, Cluster Crisp and Puffed Wheat products by June 2025. Supplied photo Breakfast food maker Sanitarium is proposing axing 49 jobs as it ceases production of a number of its cereals.
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DSO - Beethoven, Brahms and Strauss

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 16:13
BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS AND STRAUSS Matthias Bamert ConductorSamuel Jacobs French Horn
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Final stop for Footnotes dance tour

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 16:07
Christchurch locals were given a glimpse into The Footnote New Zealand Dance Company's national touring performance.
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Lowe moves to centre, de Groot to return for Highlanders

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 16:00
Jonah Lowe is set to get his first start at centre for the Highlanders. Photo: Getty Images Jonah Lowe is the man the Highlanders have chosen to fill their hole in the midfield.
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Hundreds of people in Alice Springs disorder

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 15:44
Hundreds of people have been involved in a series of violent brawls in Alice Springs as familial tensions escalate after the death of a teenager.
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Cowboy drug bunker pair heading to jail

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 15:40
Cowboy Paradise owner Michael Kevin Milne stands in the Greymouth District Court dock yesterday as a jury delivered verdicts on eight charges following a drug bust on his property in 2019. PHOTO: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Cowboy Paradise owner Michael Kevin Milne, the owner of a West Coast Wilderness Trail business that housed an underground commercial cannabis growing operation, has been found guilty of two counts of cultivating cannabis between 2017 and 2019, one of selling the drug, and another of possession of cannabis for sale in the same period.
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Fatal Trades Hall bombing remains unsolved 40 years on

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 15:00
Wellington Trades Hall bombing victim Ernie Abbott. Photo: Evening Post It is 40 years today since the caretaker of the Trades Hall building in Wellington was killed by a bomb in a suitcase, but no one has ever been charged with his death.
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Gisborne's rainbow crossing restored

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 14:42
Gisborne’s rainbow pedestrian crossing has been restored. Photo: File Gisborne’s rainbow crossing has been restored after Destiny Church members defaced it in protest of a drag queen story reading event at the city’s library.
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11-year-old arrested after trolley dash from supermarket

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 14:02
Police want a "refocus" of their work, according to a briefing paper prepared for the new Police Minister. Photo: RNZ Three youths aged between 11 and 14 have been arrested after the police Eagle helicopter tracked them and their getaway trolley from the scene of an alleged smash-and-grab burglary at an Auckland supermarket.
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Fruit and veg prices drop but shoppers still feel the pain

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 13:48
Photo: Getty Images Supermarket shoppers are still holding out for savings on fruit and vegetables, after the announcement that prices have fallen.
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Canterbury pilots claim titles

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 13:28
Mid Canterbury Aero Club president Graham Closey was among the Ashburton contingent to bring home a national title during the 2024 National Flying Championships at Ashburton Airport. Photo: Supplied Canterbury pilots Graham Closey, Darryn Franklin, Anja Liemburg and Grant Hopewell have won national formation titles in the 2024 Flying New Zealand National Championships.
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Five horses to follow at Wyndham tomorrow

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 12:52
The Wyndham-trained Da Vinci will have his share of supporters. Photo: Monica Toretto Racing journalist Jonny Turner has analysed the fields for Kindergarten Stakes Day and found five key horses to follow at Wyndham tomorrow.
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Ukraine major hope in feature

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 12:42
The Bob Butt-trained Ukraine is the likely favourite for the feature Kindergarten Stakes at Wyndham tomorrow. PHOTO: HRNZ A bigger and stronger Ukraine returns to Southland following his scintillating debut with the group 3 Kindergarten Stakes in his sights.
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All Whites lose on penalties to Tunisia

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:44
Forty five minutes of some of New Zealand’s best men’s football in some time was not enough to end their goal hoodoo in Cairo.
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Dunedin police collar prolific shoplifter

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:28
The long arm of the law has finally caught up with one alleged prolific Dunedin shoplifter.
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Homicide investigation in 'very quiet' Hamilton street

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 10:46
Police at the scene of a homicide investigation on Cranmer Close, Rototuna. Photo: NZ Herald Residents of a leafy Hamilton cul-de-sac are in shock to find police investigating a homicide in their street.
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Police investigate suspicious vehicle fires

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 10:28
A white vehicle was badly damaged in the blaze. Photo: Connor Nicholson-Plank via NZ Herald Two vehicles caught fire in the Christchurch suburb of Addington last night, sending plumes of black smoke across the city.
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Man stabbed at Christchurch property

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 09:57
Police have cordoned off a Christchurch house after a man was allegedly stabbed in the neck.
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Man stabbed at Christchurch property

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 09:46
Police have cordoned off a Christchurch house after a man was allegedly stabbed in the neck.
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Govt agencies accused of allowing Gloriavale abuse

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 09:46
Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast. Photo: RNZ Four government agencies are being accused of knowingly allowing abuse to happen at Gloriavale, in High Court action brought by a leavers' lawyer who describes the community as a "sex cult cloaked in Christianity".
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