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Albino rarity: a glowing white snail | Stuff.co.nz
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Albino rarity: a glowing white snail. Last updated 11:27 30/11/2011. MILKY BAR SNAIL: The extremely rare albino. BLACK AND WHITE: A typical example of the same species. It's the Milky Bar snail - a giant carnivorous albino Powelliphanta found living in New Zealand bush. A group of trampers stumbled across the rare find - only the second recorded - during a trip though the Kahurangi National Park at the tip of the South Island. Then I saw the white snail and went wow! However, that gilliesi snail was only...
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Blog: From Nelson to Nepal - blogs - nelson-mail | Stuff.co.nz
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The baby seal book club. Blog: The Fitness Zone. Blog: From Nelson to Nepal. A chance encounter at a Richmond barbecue led Nelsonian and acclaimed documentary maker Hayden Campbell to join the Habitat for Humanity Everest project. His blog will chronicle his journey as part of a 150-strong Kiwi contingent travelling to Nepal to build a staggering 50 houses in 6 days for homeless Nepalese families. 05:00am 14 Oct 2010. Each day I have loved this country and its people more and more, especially the kids...
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Kiwis told to prepare for volcano eruptions | Stuff.co.nz
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The Wellington Report ». Kiwis told to prepare for volcano eruptions. Last updated 05:00 15/06/2011. Volcanoes in New Zealand will undergo the same kind of violent eruption witnessed in Chile, which scientists say is a timely warning for Kiwis to consider their own preparedness. GNS vulcanologist Graham Leonard said Ruapehu, Tongariro and Taranaki were all capable of producing eruptions which had as much force as Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano. The ash would form a glass-like coating and destroy s...
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Extract maker welcomes study | Stuff.co.nz
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Water supply in Hastings and Flaxmere contaminated . Read more. Extract maker welcomes study. Last updated 14:28 11/06/2011. Ben Winters, director of Aroma NZ Ltd, makers of freeze dried nutritional supplements at their Bexley base inspects the freeze driers the company uses. Ben Winters, director of Aroma NZ Ltd. A pilot clinical trial on the benefits of green-lipped mussel extract for arthritis sufferers is good news for Bromley manufacturer Aroma NZ. That study was likely to take place in August.
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Young 'greenies' off to Copenhagen | Stuff.co.nz
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Young 'greenies' off to Copenhagen. Last updated 13:00 29/10/2009. Two young women with Nelson links will travel to Denmark in December to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Nayland College student Brittany Packer and former Nelson College for Girls student Claire Waghorn are both members of the New Zealand Youth Delegation, a 12-strong delegation attending the event. Brittany, 18, is in her final year at Nayland College and has been fund-raising for her trip. Miss Waghorn...
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Tinder-like app to urge young voters | Stuff.co.nz
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Tinder-like app to urge young voters. Last updated 13:20 25/06/2014. One person dead after fire in Feilding. Goldie pips McCahon to rake in biggest price at Auckland auction of rare NZ art. Terminally-ill Foxton woman heartbroken after house bus burns down. Minister will apologise to anyone abused in state care. Journalist Karen Rutherford injured after car hits her horse in Auckland. Tramper missing presumed dead on Routeburn Track. Robbery at Te Awamutu TAB. Swipe right if you like, left if you don't.
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Winston Peters backs Labour's Kelvin Davis | Stuff.co.nz
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Politics: Have your say. Judith Collins ». Winston Peters backs Labour's Kelvin Davis. Last updated 15:17 18/09/2014. The MMP system explained. PLAYING NICELY: Kelvin Davis talks to the crowd in Paihia as Winston Peters looks on. Opinion: John Key playing loose with the facts on Easter Sunday trading law. NZ pushes, but more silence as UN Security Council fails to reach agreement on Syria. Transport Minister Simon Bridges keen on self-driving cars in NZ by end of the year. We do not want anybody to misin...
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Ice collapse witnesses speak to police - national | Stuff.co.nz
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Last Post, First Light. Ice collapse witnesses speak to police. Last updated 02:53 09/01/2009. The Press, DOC, Facebook. SCENE SHOTS: Akshay Miranda, 22, and his 24-year-old brother Ashish, and the spot at the Fox Glacier where they died after the ice shelf collapsed. Bottom left shows file pictures of tourist watching ice crash into the Fox River and, bottom, tourists looking at the river after advancing past warning signs. Their parents, Ronnie and Winnie Miranda, who they were on holiday with, were at...
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Baby dinosaur delights schools children | Stuff.co.nz
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Baby dinosaur delights schools children. RIA ELKINGTON AND ERICA DONALD. Last updated 16:43, February 12 2015. Kristin School students get a shock as a dinosaur invades their school. Two Auckland schools had a very surprising guest today. Kristin School and Birkenhead Primary had a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex roaming around snapping its jaws at the pupils, amid screams of delight and horror. Erica Donald / Fairfax NZ. Two of the younger students were able to pat to T-Rex, before it tried to nibble their arms.
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Helmet law halves cyclist numbers | Stuff.co.nz
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The Wellington Report ». Helmet law halves cyclist numbers. Should bicycle helmets be mandatory? Last updated 07:38 10/02/2012. Should bicycle helmets be mandatory? Yes- They save lives and prevent injury. Yes- But only for children. No - It is a personal choice. Fierce debate has broken out over the mandatory bicycle helmet law following the release of new research saying it contributed to 53 premature deaths per year and halved the number of cyclists. Do you think cycle helmets should be mandatory?