Shops to be bowled
A row of eight stores in central Tauranga will be demolished and rebuilt after their owner found earthquake strengthening "a complete waste of time".
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I disagree with your last statement concerning being newsworthy Ruffruff, although I agree with the rest of it :-) : I think this article is very newsworthy. It proves that we do NOT need government and council in our lives to waste squillons of...
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Desperate bid to douse fatal fire
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