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Mortality index helps doctors assess risk

An inability to push heavy objects, being too thin or a difficulty in managing money were seen as bad long-term signs for the over 50s.

  • 4:13 PM Apr 05th
  • James Fuller

Lucky no one died in crash, says fire chief

A scene of a crash on SH2 near the intersection of Welcome Bay Rd was so serious looking it is a miracle no one was killed, says Te Puke fire chief.

  • 3:11 PM Apr 05th
  • Sandra Conchie

Tauranga principals welcome new cyber law

A Tauranga principal hopes new measures to tackle cyber bullying will have the "teeth" to prevent more students being victimised by online posts and malicious texts.

  • 1:54 PM Apr 05th
  • Brendan Manning

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No fluoride for city

Tauranga City Council has no plans to revisit the contentious issue of fluoridating the city's water supply. Fluoride was taken out of the water supply in 1992.

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  • 1:51 PM Apr 05th

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"Strong wool resembles a cross between Some Mothers do have 'em' and Fawlty Towers."

The Offal Pit: Is strong wool NATO?

While some Taleban will disagree, there is a joke that NATO really stands for 'No Action, Talk Only'.

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I guess the move away from wool and lamb for meat highlights the greed mentality of the people in who control the farming sector with many converting in droves because of urging from Fonterra for more dairy. There was also a major failure in the brain...

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Thirteen near misses since Rena

A ship course plotted by a cadet almost led to a repeat of the Rena disaster before a harbour pilot spotted the mistake and had the vessel steered away from rocks.

  • 9:25 AM Mar 01st
  • Jamie Morton

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Victory for Chch couple

Victory for Chch couple

Insurance giant Tower must pay out a Christchurch couple for a like-for-like replacement on another site, after their home was damaged in the earthquakes, a judge has ruled. In an interim judgment, released today, High Court judge Raynor Asher now wants to hear more submissions from both parties on what a proper pay-out should be. Matt and Valerie O'Loughlin took their insurers Tower Insurance Ltd to court after rejecting offers to repair their cracked and broken house. In what was seen as a potentially landmark legal case, the retired couple told how their two-storey Gayhurst Rd property in…

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