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April 5, 2006 on 5:00 am | In Sign Language |

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Scoop - Otago Polytechnic Students’ Association today welcomed changes to the Tertiary Funding model announced by Tertiary Education Minister, the Hon. Dr. Michael Cullen. “I am positive the new direction will benefit both students and the wider community

Crossing the sound barrier
College Heights Herald - Sophomore lineman Munir Muwwakkil pauses during a break in the middle of an early morning football practice in the cold. For three weeks, Muwwakkil and the Hilltoppers attended Red Dawn practice three times per week at 5 a.m. Renata Muwwakkil looks

Miss Woodward Pageant has 13 contestants
Woodward News - The director of the pageant is Mary Servis and the event will be presented by the junior class. The pageant is held as a fundraiser for the junior/senior prom. Class sonsors are Angela Rhoades and Michelle McDonald. All contestants are members of the

H & R Archives
Herald & Review - Basic wedding information submitted within six weeks after the event, and engagement information submitted at least two months before the wedding is published free of charge. Forms with complete details and options are available at the Herald

New Zealanders spend 6% more on magazines in 2005
Scoop - The New Zealand retail magazine market was worth $263.5 million by December 2005, proving again its value as a paid for advertising channel, according to the Magazine Publishers Association (MPA). Retail sales have shown a strong six-percent growth

European Performers Jump Ship in Wellington
Scoop - What could be better than touring the world aboard a Cruise Ship? Wellington it seems. That’s what European performers Wendy and Eric Desiles decided when they first landed here on the way back from Antarctica during a “round the world” cruise in

Call for nominations to Pacific Arts Committee
Scoop - Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for a new member from the Fijian community for appointment to its Pacific Arts Committee. There are eight members on the Pacific Arts Committee. This includes a chairperson, who is also a member of

Mountain Men
Golf For Women - If Jack Nicklaus is Mount Everest, Walter Hagen raises somewhere between Lhotse and K2. While there certainly weren’t any posters of Hagen Scotch-taped to the young Tiger Woods’ wall — just as well since Haig would have been appalled at “scotch

GROWING TOGETHER
Kansas City Star - Last month, students Nicholas Van Alst, 5, (left) and James Reid, 6, worked on an art project with Cindy Hale, an occupational therapist at The Children s SPOT. Photos by JENNIFER HACK/The Kansas City Star The Children s SPOT is an outpatient