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Bayleys commercial agent Rob Pinny agrees with the owner that the most sensible way to earthquake-proof a row of eight Devonport Rd stores is to knock them down and start again. PHOTO/JOHN BORREN

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

Desperate bid to douse fatal fire

A neighbour with a garden hose was unable to douse a garage fire early this morning which killed a man. Three fire engines and a police vehicle attended the scene on Kaniere Road, just before the township, where firefighters quickly doused the blaze and found a man dead at the scene. The police cordoned off the site and there was no sign of anyone at the house. Neighbour Rex Keenan's first reaction was to leap over the fence and try to put the fire out, but to no avail. "The wife alerted us and we jumped the fence and tried to put it out with a garden hose. That was a waste of time. It was…

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