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House of Travel has a four-night package priced from $879 per person share twin from Auckland, staying at the three-star Moorings Hotel.

Hot deals: Vanuatu mini-break

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THREATENING phone calls to a local newspaper in Rob Oakeshott's electorate have forced a public meeting with the Independent MP to be cancelled.

Rob Oakeshott talk called off after threats

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WORKSAFE: Education Department fined $50,000 over school accident which left a teenage girl with permanent injuries.

Student accident costs Ed Dept $50,000

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It sounded like a typically over-the-top generous gesture from Oprah Winfrey. The diva of daytime television announced her best-ever giveaway at the premiere of her 25th and final season show on Monday.

Australian government touts Oprah junket, as taxpayers left to foot the bill

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The Canterbury Earthquake Fund has been created by the New Zealand Society, a London-based organization of expat New Zealanders.

New Zealand expats start earthquake fund

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It's rare that an artist can hold an audience's attention for two hours alone on stage, it's rarer still that an artist can do so with a show composed totally of obscure tunes some of which he couldn't even remember.

Live Review: Crowded House's Neil Finn at Largo

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Countries around the world should aspire to be as prepared as New Zealand for massive natural disasters like the Christchurch earthquake, former Prime Minister Helen Clark says.

NZ an exemplar for disaster preparedness - Clark

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WESTERN Australia carries too much of the burden of housing asylum seekers, with nearly half of those on the mainland detained in the state, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Asylum seeker burden 'falling on WA'

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Australia's manufacturing weakened in the September quarter against the backdrop of international economic uncertainty and a drawn-out federal election, a new business survey suggested on Thursday.

Australia's manufacturing weakens in Sept. quarter

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The director of the school lunch program in American Samoa has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that Paul Solofa was arrested Wednesday on charges of witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

American Samoa education official faces federal charges stemming from vendor bribe probe