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Water challenge a daily struggle for millions

By Daniel Silverton | March 22, 2010

Millions of people in developing countries struggle every day to collect clean water – nearly 100 Aucklanders faced the same plight in the Oxfam Corporate Water challenge at Narrow Neck beach on Saturday. The event, in its second year, was part of today’s United Nations World Water Day. The theme of the campaign for 2010 was [...] Continue Reading >

Curator has another priority on opening night

By Liv Carville | March 22, 2010

Natasha Conland gave birth to her first child the day before her other ‘baby’ was due to open. Curator of the Fourth Auckland Triennial Natasha Conland has been researching and developing the exhibition for the past two and a half years but missed the opening ceremony by mere hours. Lying in hospital, Conland had her new baby [...] Continue Reading >

Whalers will harpoon tourism, says Labour

By Hamish Fletcher | March 22, 2010

Critics of the Government’s revised stance on whaling say it will harm the economy as well as the environment. Labour Party foreign affairs spokesperson Chris Carter says National’s support of commercial whaling tarnishes New Zealand’s clean, green image and will damage its tourism industry. Carter’s comments follow a New Zealand-led proposal to the International Whaling Commission, which [...] Continue Reading >

Station Square fails to impress

By Daniel Silverton | March 22, 2010

Commuters are underwhelmed by the public square adjacent to the $30 million Newmarket Station and more than half the surrounding shops remain empty two months after the station opened. The general manager of the Newmarket Business Association, Cameron Brewer, says the lack of progress is a shame but he believes blame lies in the development’s poor design. The [...] Continue Reading >

Men and children seek help for eating disorders

By Kayla Langhorne | March 22, 2010

The Auckland-based Eating Difficulties Education Network (Eden) has recently seen a different type of clientele. Increasing numbers of men and children are seeking counselling for eating disorders, says Victoria Marsden, support services coordinator and counsellor at Eden. Marsden says the ages of her clients are getting lower. “I’ve had parents ring up with some concerns about their ten-year-old child. [...] Continue Reading >

Hong Kong Sevens beckons Maori women’s team

By Kim Bowden | March 22, 2010

Maori women’s rugby sevens team is funding their own way to next week’s Hong Kong sevens’ tournament after a belated invite provided the chance to win back their champions’ title. The team dominated the competition between 2002 and 2007, winning six consecutive finals, before being excluded when the rules were changed to allow only national representative [...] Continue Reading >

Young people get arthritis too, experts say

By Siobhan Keogh | March 22, 2010

Arthritis is more common in young people than most think, according to experts. “People in the general population don’t think of arthritis as being a young people’s disease,” said Dr Sue Rudge, a rheumatologist at Starship Hospital in Auckland and Hutt Hospital in Wellington. According to Arthritis New Zealand, more than 1000 New Zealanders under the age [...] Continue Reading >

Protesters throw shoes at US consulate in Auckland

By Joshua Gale | March 22, 2010

Anti-war protesters threw a collection of dirty old shoes at the United States consulate in Auckland on Saturday as a symbolic act of disgust on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The protest got its inspiration from Iraqi television journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush at a press conference [...] Continue Reading >

Westlake Girls stand up to bullies

By Michelle Norton | March 22, 2010

Students have taken the lead in an anti-bullying week at a North Shore high school. Westlake Girls assistant principal and guidance counsellor Caroline Thompson said the anti-bullying week started about six years ago but had now, “taken on a life of its own”. Thompson said it was the students who came up with the ideas this year and [...] Continue Reading >

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