Life in New Zealand: November 12 2011

Faced with a whole raft of cost-of-living increases another rate increase to fund a luxury that is not everyone’s cup of tea is yet another straw breaking the camel’s back. Taranaki Daily News, 16/8/11

Crunch time for apples NZ Farmers Weekly, 8/8/11

Matariki at the Marae
The evening began with the pupils of the Karitane School in elaborate costumes decapitating animals and birds. POWA Community News, August 2011

FOUND book. Titled Twilight on the Floods. Found 18th Avenue in the rain. Bay of Plenty Times, 13/8/11

I have really curvy hips, something it took me a while to get my head around. NZ Woman’s Weekly, 19/9/11

Telecom head pressed Waikato Times, 14/9/11

Taranaki sex workers are hoping the Rugby World Cup will give the industry a leg up through a quiet spell. Taranaki Daily News, 11/8/11

“It’s been going backwards for a long time,” says New Plymouth Taxis chairman Richard Morse. North Taranaki Midweek, 3/8/11

Seen in Tauranga

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