The Job Tour: Hardworking West Coasters
Greymouth has the lowest unemployment rate in the country, sitting at just 3.9 per cent, well below the national average of 7.9 per cent. Coal mining, fisheries and tourism make up the city's economy, with all three growing by the day.
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Lightning Bolt, Wellington, Tonight
That wind getting to you? Catharsis anyone? Head along to the San Francisco Bath House. Doors & door sales from 8pm. Tickets still available from www.undertheradar.co.nz and Slow Boat Records. Above, lighting bolt performs on the late john peel’s bbc radio show.
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Church robber: 'Sorry but I'm poor'
GEORGIA - Someone made off with loot from a church but also left behind an apology.A note scrawled on the wall said: "Sorry but I'm poor. Forgive me Lord."The Rev. Roger Davis tells WSB-TV that expensive equipment including...
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'Evil' conman jailed for $5m scam
LOS ANGELES - An "evil" US con man who portrayed himself as a "Hanoi Hilton" prisoner of war survivor to scam victims in New Zealand, Australia and the US out of almost US$4 (NZ$5.6) million has been jailed.Robert William Searles,...
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Bird's wounding conviction quashed
A former Sydney rugby league star's conviction for wounding his girlfriend has been quashed. Ex-Cronulla player Greg Bird had been sentenced to eight months prison for slashing Katie Milligan's face with a broken glass in August last year.
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'It's like finding out that Hitler is your father'
A US man who discovered that his biological father is convicted murderer Charles Manson said it was like "finding out Adolf Hitler is your father".Matthew Roberts, a 41-year-old Los Angeles DJ, grew up in Illinois but only found...
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